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UNION HYMNS. 
 
 REVISED BY THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLICATION OF THE 
 AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION. , 
 
 PHILADELPHIA: 
 
 AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION, 
 
 No. 1122 Chestnut Street. 
 
 NEW YORK: 
 Nos. 8 & 10 Bible House, Astor Place. 
 
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 ?.845. by Hei-raan Q)p<\ Treasurer, in.truHt for tht 
 American Sunday-sehool Union, in the Clerk's Ofsie* 
 of the District Court of the Eagtern Djstaict oi 
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PREFACE 
 
 The inquiry has often been made, wh;^ 
 a collection of hymns is not published 
 sufficiently extensive to supply the wants 
 of Sunday-schools. It is said, that the 
 little Hymn Book in common use was 
 very well at the commencement of the 
 Sunday-school system; but since monthly 
 concerts, anniversaries, missionary meet^ 
 ings, teachers' prayer meetings, &c. &o., 
 have become so common, a larger volume 
 is called for, and a more extensive variety 
 is indispensable. 
 
 The present compilation will t^ found 
 to contain the best part of the Sunday- 
 
school hymn books now in use i and 
 much pains have been taken to glean 
 from all other sources within our reach 
 such a collection as shall supply the 
 wants of the religious community, and 
 feapecially that part cf it which is mik- 
 5*<scted with Sabbath-schools. 
 
UNION HYMNS. 
 
 CREATION AND PROVIDENCE 
 
 I The Goodness of God. C. M 
 
 HOW kind in all his works and ways 
 Must our Creator be ; 
 We learn some lesson of his praise 
 From every thing we see. 
 8 The glorious sun that blazes high, 
 The moon more pale and dim, 
 With all the stars that fill the sky. 
 Are made and ruled by him. 
 3 And this vast world of ours below, 
 The water and the land, 
 And all the trees and flowers that grow, 
 Were fashioned by his hand. 
 
 I Yes, and he formed our intant race, 
 And he is ever near 
 To those who early seek his face 
 By humble, earnest piayer. 
 
 ^^ ■ God seen in kts Works. ^ - M 
 
 I n"* HERE'S not a tint that paints the roet) 
 A Or decks the lily fair, 
 Or streaks the humblest flower that blowd 
 But God has placed it thera 
 
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3 CREATION iN3 PROVIBEBTCS. 
 
 2 4t early dawn there's not a gale 
 
 Across the landscape driven, 
 And not a breeze that sweeps the vale. 
 That is not sent by heaven. 
 
 3 There's aot of grass a single blade, 
 
 Or leaf ol loveliest green, 
 Where heavenly skill is not displayed 
 And heavenly wisdom seen. 
 i There's not a tempest, dark and dread 
 Or storm that rends the air, 
 Or blast that sweeps the ocean's bed 
 But God's own voice is there. 
 5 Around, beneath, below, above, 
 Wherever space extends, 
 There God displays his boundless love, 
 And power with mercy blends. 
 
 tl God the Crtattr. ^ • ^^^. 
 
 1 'T^ HERE'S not a star whose twinkling ht-hX 
 
 X Shines on the distant earth, 
 And cheers the silent gloom of night, 
 But Mercy gave it birth. 
 
 2 There's not a cloud whose dews distL* 
 
 Upon the parchnig clod, 
 And clothe with verdure vale and hill, 
 That is nox sent by God. 
 
 3 There's not a place m earti 's vast round 
 
 In ocean's deep, or air, 
 Where skill and wisdom are not found ; 
 For God is everywhere. 
 
 4 Around, beneath, below, above, 
 
 Wherever space extends. 
 There God displays his boundless iove. 
 And povver with mercy blends. 
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CREATItH^ ANT) rROVJDEMClS 4r 5 
 
 4 The Works of God. C- ivl. 
 
 1 T LOVE to see the glowing sun 
 ^ Light up the deep blue sky, 
 A long tlie pleasant fields to run, 
 
 And hear the brook flow by. 
 
 2 How fresh and green the trees appem 
 
 What blooming flowers I find ' 
 Oh, surely God has sent them here 
 To tell us he is kind. 
 •^ The beasts that on the herbage teed 
 Thank him in different ways ; 
 And little birds upon the boughs 
 Sing sweetly to his praise. 
 i Shall I alone forget to thank 
 The God who made us all ? 
 
 no, I'll humbly kneel to him. 
 And on my Maker call. 
 
 » Though I am but a little child, 
 Yet I to God belong ; 
 [lis works declare him good and mild, 
 And he will hear my song. 
 
 j^ Qod stenin ku Workii. L M. 
 
 1 ^T^HY works proclaim thy giury, Lord. 
 J" The blooming fields v tlie singjiic bird 
 The tempest, and the sunny hour. 
 Show forth thy goodness and thy powe? 
 
 I A nd when the setting sun declines, 
 
 1 see Thee in its brilliant lines : 
 Those tints, so beautiful and bright. 
 Reveal the Author of all light. 
 
 'i> Great God I how should our worship nsc 
 To Thee, whe formed the earth and s^kies , 
 The things that creep, and things than fly 
 Are viewed by thine al' seeiTig 6y«^> 
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S, t CREATION AWH PE(mDEHCl 
 
 \ Then will 1 still adore thy name. 
 Thou, who for ever art the same; 
 But yet thv grace and mercy, Lord. 
 Shme brightest in thy holy word. 
 
 5 Ood*s Providenei^. O M 
 
 WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, 
 My rismg soul surveys, 
 Transported with the viev/, I'm lorn 
 In wonder, love, and praise * 
 ' ['hy providence my life sustained, 
 And all my wants redrest, 
 When I a helpless infant lay 
 Upon my mother's breast. 
 i To all my weak complamts and cries 
 Thy mercy lent an ear, 
 Ere yet. my feeble thoughts had learned 
 To form themselves in prayer. 
 J Unnumbered blessings on my soul 
 Thy tender care beg;owed. 
 Before my infant heart could knov/ 
 Whence all those blessings Bo^^ed. 
 '2 Come and see the fVjrks of Ood. Q . ^ 
 
 \ I^OME, child, look upwards to the skv 
 v-7 Behold the sun and moon, 
 The numerous stars that sparkh high, 
 To cheer the midnight gloom. 
 i The fields, the meadows, and the plain, 
 The little pleasant hills. 
 The waters too, the mighty main, 
 The rivers, and the rills. 
 3 Come, then, behold them all and say, 
 * * How came these thin^a to be ? 
 That stand around whicii-jver way 
 i turn myself to see?" 
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raBA noN irji) prdvidewcs. S.U 
 
 i 'Twas God that made the earth and pea. 
 To whom the angels bow ; 
 'Twas God that made both thee and me, 
 The God who sees us now. 
 
 g Power and OoAdness of Ood. C . M 
 
 1 T SING the mighty power of God 
 JL That made the mountains rise ; 
 That spread the flowing seas abroad, 
 
 And built the lofty skies. 
 ? J sing the wisdom that ordained 
 The sun to rule the day ; 
 The moon shines full at his command. 
 And all the stars obey. 
 3 1 sing the goodness of the Lord, 
 That filled the earth with food ; 
 He formed the creatures with his word 
 And then pronounced them good. 
 i There's not a plant or flower below 
 But makes thy glories known ; 
 And clouds arise, and tempests blow. 
 By order from thy throne. 
 ^ Creation speaks God*s Praish. C M 
 
 ! TV/TY heavenly Father ! all I see 
 iVX Around me and above, 
 Sends forth a >iymn of praise to thee, 
 And speaks thy boundless love. 
 
 2 The clear blue sky is full of thee ; 
 
 The woods sc dark and lone, 
 The soft south wind, the sounding sea, 
 
 Worship the Holy One. 
 8 The humming of the insect throngs. 
 
 The prattling, sparkling rill. 
 The birds with thei/ melodious ^(m:g% 
 
 Repea*^ thy pr^t^es still 
 
il?— -lis CREATION h.Nin PHOYIBe^Tl 
 
 i-O God n-ade all thing's. ^-'* ^ 
 
 1 'm WAS God who made the earth and skTes 
 
 1- Great are the wonders of his hand , 
 He is more powerful, good and wise, 
 Than any child can understand. 
 
 2 Bright angels bow before his face, 
 
 And saints stand waiting round histhron. 
 And in that holy, happy place, 
 No sinful thoughts or words are known 
 
 II God* s Greatness. ^^- M 
 
 OLORD, our God, how wondrous gres' 
 Is thine exalted name ! 
 The glories of thy heavenly state 
 Let old and young proclaim. 
 2 When 1 behold thy works on high, 
 The moon that rules the night, 
 And stars that well adorn the sky, 
 Those moving worlds of light ;— 
 H Lord, what is man, or all his race,, 
 That dwells so far below, 
 That thou shouldst visit him with grace 
 And raise his nature so ! 
 4 O Lord, our Lord, how wondrous great 
 Is thine exalted name ! 
 The glories of thy heavenly state 
 Let ail the earth proclaim. 
 
 i !l The Creator praised in his W&rkit, ^ ^ 
 
 > 'T^HE spa.cious firmament on high, 
 i With all the blue ethereal sky, 
 And spangled heavens, a shilling ^3^^Ki^ 
 Their great Origi'ial proclai*^ 
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CRftATIOE JLTSD PROVIDED CB, 13 
 
 2 Tti' unwearied sun from day to day. 
 Does his Creator's power display, 
 And pub'.ishes to every land 
 
 The work of an Almighty hand. 
 
 5 Soon as the evening shades prevail, 
 The moon takes up the wondrous tale ; 
 And nightly, to the listening earth, 
 Repeats the story of her birth ; 
 
 * Whilst all the stars that round her burn 
 Aud all the plunets m their turn, 
 Confirm the tidings as they roll, 
 And spread the truth from pole to polc- 
 
 3 What though in solemn silence ail 
 Move round this dark terrestrial bail , 
 What though no real voice nor sound 
 Amidst their radiant orbs be found ; 
 
 6 (n reason's ear they all rejoice, 
 And utter forth a glorious voice, 
 For ever singing as they shine, 
 
 " The hand that made us is divine." 
 
 I «3 I am the Creature of Ood. ^ ^ 
 
 ' T AM the creature of the Lord ; 
 
 -fi- He made me by his powerful word . 
 
 This body, in each curious part. 
 
 Was formed by his unerring art. 
 2 From him my nobler spirit came, 
 
 My soul, a spark of heavenly flame. 
 
 That soul, by which my body lives, 
 
 Which thinks and hopes, desires and gr.evej^ 
 % Is capable of endless bUss, 
 
 And worth a thousand worlds like this ; 
 
 [t must in heaven or hell reraain. 
 
 When Resh ie turned to uust again. 
 
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14 C:U^AFlON AND PROTIDETflCB 
 
 4 To what then should I first attend ? 
 Or what esteem my noblest end ? 
 Surely it must be this alone, 
 
 That God my Maker may be knowD ; 
 
 5 So known, that I may love him still, 
 A nd form my actions by his will ; 
 7'hat he may bless me while I live, 
 And when I die my soul receive. 
 
 6 Then in the world of light and love. 
 With saints and angel-hosis above, 
 I'll dwell for ever in his sight. 
 
 In perfect knowledge and dehght. 
 
 14: God's Works; an Infant Hymn P« M 
 
 1 n^HE moon is very fair and bright, 
 
 JL And also very high ; 
 I think it is a pretty sight 
 
 To see it in the sky : 
 It shone upon me as I lay. 
 And seemed almost as bright as day. 
 
 2 The stars are very pretty too, 
 
 And scattered all about ; 
 At first there seems a very few, 
 
 But soon the rest come out : 
 I'm sure I could not count them all, 
 I'hey are so very bright and small. 
 
 '. God made and keeps them, every on© 
 By his great power and might : 
 lie is more glorious than the sun 
 
 And all the stars of light : 
 Vet though so great, we by his graco^ 
 {{ pure m heart shall see his face. 
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PRAISE. 15* i€ 
 
 PRAISE. 
 
 15 Praise for Blessings. ^ ^ 
 
 1 A LMIGHTY Father, gracious Lord, 
 j\^ Kind guardian of my days, 
 Thy mercies let my heart record 
 
 In songs of grateful praise. 
 
 2 In life's first dawn, my tender frame 
 
 Was thy indulgent care, 
 Long ere I could pronounce thy name, 
 Or breathe the infant prayer. 
 
 3 Each rolling year new favours brought 
 
 From thy exhaustless store ; 
 But, ah ! in vain my labouring thought 
 Would count thy mercies o'er. 
 
 4 While sweet reflection, through my da/s, 
 
 Thy bounteous hand would trace, 
 Still dearer blessings claim my praise, ' 
 
 The blessings of thy grace. 
 b Yes, I adore thee, gracious Lord I 
 
 For favours more divine ; 
 That I have known thy sacred word, 
 
 Vrhere all thy glories shine. 
 8 Lord, when this mortal frame decays. 
 
 And every weakness dies, 
 Complete the wonders of thy grace. 
 
 And raise me to the skies. 
 
 1 1> Praise from Children. L ^'^ 
 
 \ A LMIGHTY GOD ! with gracious ear 
 ^J\ Our praises and thanksgivings hear, 
 And look with an approving eye 
 From thy eternal throve on high. 
 
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I?* 18 PRAI8E. 
 
 2 Our feeble voice and childish ihoughl 
 Can never praise thee as they ought ; 
 Nor can our hps by words express 
 The tribute of our thankfulness. 
 
 3 But thou, O Lord, in ancient days, 
 From children hast perfected praise, 
 And still thy condescending love 
 Will childhood's gratitude approve. 
 
 i. € Prayer and Praise. L. M 
 
 ^ O '^^^U' whom high archangels prai«e. 
 v^' Whose glory shines with brightest rays, 
 To thee our grateful hymns we tune, 
 For none can sing thy praise too soon 
 
 2 Oh may thy grace be all our joy 
 Let gratitude our tongues employ, 
 
 And lead young children, frail and weak, 
 Thy praise to sing, thy face to seek. 
 
 3 Deny us not our earnest prayer, 
 That we may ail thy favour share : 
 Be led to each good work and word ; 
 As faithful servants of the Lord. 
 
 4 And bless our teachers, parents, friends : 
 And gram, where'er thy name extends, 
 That heathen children, too, may bring 
 Their songs of praise to Israel's king. 
 
 i ^ Invitation to praise. ^» 
 
 COiME, let us join the hosts above, 
 Now in our youthful days ; 
 Remember Jur Creator's love, 
 And lisp our Father's praise. 
 % His Majesty will not despise 
 The day of feeble things ; 
 Grateful the songs of children riao, 
 And please the King of kings. 
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PRllSE. 1^» 5^^ 
 
 i He loves to be remembered thus, 
 And honoured for his grace ; 
 Out of the mouths of babes hke us 
 His wisdom calls forth praise. 
 I Glory to God, and praise and power. 
 Honour and thanks be given ! 
 Children and cherubim adore 
 The Lord of earth and heaven. 
 
 I " > Praise from a renewed Heart. ^' ^ 
 
 TO thee, my Shepherd and my Lord, 
 A grateful song I'll raise ; 
 Oh let the fceblesi of thy flock 
 Attempt to speak thy praise. 
 t But how shall childhood's tongue express 
 A subject so divine ? 
 How shall we love thee as we ought, 
 Or praise a love like thine f 
 
 3 My life, my joy, my hope, I owe 
 
 To this amazing love ; 
 Ten thousand thousand comforts here. 
 And nobler bliss above. 
 
 4 To thee my trembling spirit fliea, 
 
 With sin and grief oppress' d ; 
 Thy gentle voice dispels my fears, 
 And lulls my cares to rest. 
 
 ^O Prayer and Praise. O M 
 
 1 O EAR, Lord, the song ofpraise and pri^y 
 O. In heaven, thy dweliing place, 
 From children made thy gracious care, 
 
 And taught to seek thy face. 
 
 2 Thanks for thy word and for thy day ; 
 
 And help us, we implore, 
 That we may never waste in olay 
 Thy holy Sabbath more, 
 
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21, 32 PRAISE. 
 
 3 Thanks that we hear; but oh ! impart 
 
 To each, desire sincere 
 That we may listen with our heart, 
 And do as well ajs hear. 
 
 ^^ Infant Praise' 8, 7« 
 
 1 TTUMBLE praises, holy Jesns, 
 Xl Infant voices raise to Thee; 
 In thy arms, Lord, receive us. 
 
 Suffer us thy lambs to be. 
 
 2 Blessed Saviour! thou hast bidden 
 
 Babes like us to come to thee ,• 
 Once by thy disciples chidden, 
 
 Thou didst bless such ones as we. 
 i Thanks to thee, who freely gave ua 
 
 Thy exalted Son, to die, 
 Prom eternal death to save us ; 
 
 Glory -be to God on high ! 
 
 il^ Hosannas in the Temple. O. W 
 
 1 ITTHEN Jesus to the temple came, 
 VV The voice of praise was heard 
 The little children owned his claim, 
 And in his train appeared. 
 ? Hosannas made the temple ring, 
 For many tongues agreed ; 
 Hosanna to the heavemy king ! 
 To David's promised seed. 
 i O let those scenes be now renewed, 
 Where children lisp thy praise ! 
 Thou art as gracious and as goo(i 
 As in the former days. 
 
 4 Dwell by thy Spirit in our hearts, 
 
 And this will loose our tongues j 
 The love that heavenly truth imparts 
 Will animate our mnsB, 
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PBAisa *^3, %^ 
 
 '*»! Children praising the Sauiour * .'< ^ 
 
 \ |_j OS ANNAS were by children sung 
 Ifl When JesUB was on earth ; 
 Then surelv we are not loo young 
 To fiounJ his praises forth. 
 
 1 The Lord is great, the Lord is good ; 
 
 He feeds as from his store 
 With earthly and with heavenly food 
 
 We'll praise hirn evermore. 
 We thank him for his gracious word ^ 
 
 We thank him for his love ; 
 We'll aing the praises of our Lord, 
 
 Who reigns in heaven above. 
 
 j£4i Power and Grace. P M 
 
 G1 IVE thanks to God most high, 
 ^ The universal Lord ; 
 The sovereign King of kings 
 
 And be his grace adored. 
 Thy mercy, Lord, j And ever sure 
 Shall stili endure, j Abides ihy t^ord. 
 
 2 How mighty is his hand ! 
 
 What wonders hath he done ! 
 He formed the eartli and seas. 
 
 And spread the heavens alone. 
 His power and grace | And let his name 
 kr*i stili the same, j Have endletss praiM 
 
 S He 6a w the nations he, 
 All perishing in sin, 
 knd pitied the sad state 
 The mined world was in. 
 
 Thy mercy. Lord; ! Aul ever eure 
 'hi^i'i «st8U endure. ! Abides ihv word 
 
^6 PRIIBE 
 
 t He siftni his only Son 
 
 To ^ve us from our wo, 
 From Satan, sin, and death, 
 
 And every hurtful foe 
 His power and grace | And let his namt 
 Are stilt the same, j Have efldlesg prui^ 
 
 ^<^f^ Pratsi forikc Sabbath ^ ^ 
 
 ! ''"pHE Sabbath of the Lord, 
 JL The Sabbath is our day ; 
 For then we read and hear God's word 
 We learn to praise and pray. 
 
 t That day with son^s we bless, 
 It hath the light oi seven, 
 When, Christ, the Sun of RighteousneM 
 Shines on our path to heaven. 
 
 I Ours is the Sabb'o>th-school ; 
 Its lessons may we prize, 
 And grow by every gospel rule 
 Unto salvation wise. 
 
 i So all our lives below, 
 
 In v/isdom's pleasant ways, 
 The fruits of Sabbath-schools will en»T 
 The bliss of Sabbath-days. 
 
 S Lord of the Sabbath ! send 
 Prosperity and peace, 
 Till tasks and teaching here shall end 
 Tongues fail, and knowledge ce&s«3 
 
 i Till, with thy saints above, 
 We rise, in heaven to spend 
 ^. blest eternity of love, 
 A Sabbath without end- 
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fSO Pratst for Mercvii, * '- t" 
 
 LORD, i would own thy tender caib. 
 And aii thy love to me ; 
 The food i eat, the clothes J wears 
 Are all bestowed by thee. 
 t i%.nd thou preserves! me from death 
 And dangers, ev3ry hour : 
 I cannot draw another breatn, 
 Unless thou give the power. 
 g My health, and friends, tind. parents dea^ 
 To me by God are given , 
 i have not any blessings here, 
 But what are sent from heaven. 
 4 Such goodness, Lord, and coneiant csre 
 A child can ne'er repay ; 
 But may it be rny daily prayer 
 To love thee and obey. 
 
 ^'i FraisB to the Saviour. S, M 
 
 TO praise the Saviour's nam^, 
 Let little children try ; 
 While saints and angels do the same 
 In the bright world on high. 
 2 His love in heaven is sung, 
 His name is there adored ; 
 And children hero, however young,, 
 May learn to praise the Lord. 
 'i *i'he wonders of that love 
 No earthly tongue can tell, 
 Which brought the Saviour from abovt 
 To save our souls from hell 
 i For us he vv^epi and bled, 
 And suffered all his pain ; 
 ^'or us was numbered with the ckfid., 
 And rose to life again 
 
5 And still for us he prays^ 
 And makes our souls his care ; 
 
 He loves to hear our feeble praiee, 
 An d listen to our prayer. 
 
 6 Lord Jesus ! grant that we 
 May know thy saving grace ; 
 
 On earth thy humble followeie be ; 
 In heaven behold thy face. 
 Wi^ Praise and Prayer. C) . M 
 
 J 4 LMl GHT Y God ! whiki eanh and hera ei^ 
 .ri Thy posver and skill pruclaiiit ; 
 Wilt thou permit a child to sing 
 The honours of thy name ? 
 t The early dawn of opening life * 
 
 HaB proved thy guardian care, 
 A.nd may I, through all future years, 
 Thy grace and goodness share. 
 3 Now may I give myself to thee, 
 And in thy name confide ; 
 Most f^racioua God 1 O deign to be 
 My Father, Friend, and Guide. 
 i9 'I%6 Christian Birth. Cf^! 
 
 f THANK the goodness and the grace 
 \¥hich on my birth have smiled. 
 And made me in these Christian day??. 
 A highly favoured child. 
 % i was not born, as thousands are, 
 Where Jesus is unknown, 
 k.nA taught to pray a useless prayer 
 To blocks of wood or stone. 
 ij i was not born a little slave, 
 To labour in the sun, 
 Arid wish that I were in my ^f^v^. 
 And all my kbour doiia. 
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PB4I»K. SO, 3f 
 
 i I was not born without a home, 
 Or in a broken shed ; 
 A wretched outcast, taught to roam. 
 And steal my daily bread. 
 S My God ! I thank thee, who hast piaimed 
 A better lot for me ; 
 And placed me in this happy land, 
 Where I may hear of thee. 
 30 Praise to Christ. S. U 
 
 1 A WAKE, and sing the song 
 ±\. Of Moses and the Lamb , 
 
 Wake, every heart and eve/y tongue, 
 To praise the Saviour's na^ie. 
 
 2 . Sing of his dying love ; 
 
 Sing of his rising power ; 
 Sing how he intercedes above 
 
 For those whose sins he bore. 
 S Sing on your heavenly way 
 
 Ye ransomed sinners, sing; 
 Sing on, rejoicing every day 
 
 In Christ the exalted King. 
 
 4 Soon we shall hear him say, 
 
 " Ye blessed children, corne ;" 
 
 Soon will he call us hence away, 
 
 And take his wanderers home. 
 
 5 Soon shall our raptured tongue 
 His endless praise proclaim ; 
 
 And sweeter voices tune the song 
 Of Moses and the Lamb. 
 il I Praise to Jehovah. S. M 
 
 I /"^OME, sound his praise abroad, 
 v_y And hymns of glory sing , 
 Jehovah is the sovereign God, 
 The universal King. 
 
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2 He formed the deeps unknown. 
 He gave the seas their bound ; 
 The watery worlds are all his own, 
 And all the solid ground. 
 
 I Come worship at his throne 
 Come bow before the Lord ; 
 We are nis works, and not our own? 
 He formed us by his word. 
 
 To-day attend his voice. 
 Nor dare provoke his rod . 
 Come, like the people of his choice- 
 And own your gracious God ! 
 
 S^ Universal Praise. '-'■ ^ 
 
 ! Tj^ROM all that dwell below the skiea, 
 X Let the Creator's praise arise ; 
 Let the Redeemer's name be sung. 
 Through every land, by every tontnie. 
 
 e Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; 
 Eternal truth attends thy word ; 
 Thy praise shall sound from shore to eriorfc 
 Til! suns shall rise and set no more. 
 
 PRAYER. 
 
 ?|^| ChiWif Prayer, l*- '^ 
 
 ' f CHILDREN as yoimg and weak aa I. 
 Vy Did Jesus love, when here below ; 
 4nd on his Father's throne on high 
 O with w hat love he loves them now : 
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•14, .1.1 
 
 Z fiiough 1 am young, yei I have suijied, 
 Forgotten (rod, transgresaed hie laws; 
 A.nd noly angels could noi gain 
 Pardon for me, nor plead my cause. 
 i To Jesus then I'll meekly go ; 
 
 My penitence these tears will prove • 
 And he who wept for human wo, 
 Will take me to his arms of love. 
 
 1 Then will I sing, while life shall last. 
 
 Glory to God for pardoning love ; 
 And when the hour of death is past. 
 Join in immortal praise above. 
 ?> '* Sincerity in Prayer. ^ • 
 
 WHEN" daily T kneel down to pray. 
 As I am taught to do, 
 God does not care for what I say, 
 Unless I feel it too. 
 
 2 Yet foolish thoughts my heart beguile, 
 
 And when I pray or sing, 
 I'm often thinking all the while 
 About some other thing. 
 
 3 O let me never, never dare 
 
 To act a trifler's part. 
 Or think that God will hear a prayer 
 That comes not from the heart. 
 
 4 But if I make his ways my choice, 
 
 As holy children do, 
 Then, while I seek him with my voice 
 My heart will love him too. 
 '15 For the Holy Spirit. L^ 
 
 i ]\/T^ Father, when I come to thee, 
 ivJL I would not only bend the knee, 
 But with my spirit seek thy face, •— 
 With my whole heart desire thy grace, 
 
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if) FRA'fER. 
 
 2 I ^ lead the name of thy dear Son ^ 
 All he has said, all he has done ; 
 
 may I feel his love for me, 
 Who died from sin to set me free ! 
 
 3 To guide me, Lord, be ever nigh ; 
 My sins forgive, my wfints supply ; 
 With favour crown my youthful days, 
 And my whole life shall speak thy \)ra.u^ 
 
 t Thy Holy Spirit, Lord, impart ; 
 Impress thy likeness on my heart ; 
 Let me obey thy truth in love, 
 Till raised to dwell with thee above 
 
 liiy Child's Pray«r. ^ ^ 
 
 ! T ORD, teach a little child to pray ; 
 JLj Thy grace betimes impart ; 
 And grant thy Holy Spirit may 
 Renew my sinful heart. 
 i A fallen creature I was born, 
 And from my birth I strayed ; 
 
 1 must be wretched and forlorn 
 
 Without thy mercy's aid. 
 
 8 But Christ can all my sins forgive, 
 
 And wash away their stain ; 
 
 Can fit my soul with him to live, 
 
 And m his kingdom reign. 
 
 4 To hmi let little children come, 
 
 For he Kath said they m*ay ; 
 His bosom then shall be their home, 
 Their tears he'll wipe away 
 
 5 For all who early seek his face 
 
 Shall surely taste his love ; 
 Jesus shall guide them by his grace 
 To dwell with him above 
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37 The /.ord'aFrayor. ^^. ^' 
 
 GUR Father, full of grace divme, 
 To thy great name be praises paid ; 
 Thy kingdom come, thy glory shine, 
 And be thy will on earth obeyed. 
 
 2 Give us our bread from day to day, 
 
 And aJ our wants do thou supply j 
 With gospel truths feed us, we pray. 
 That we may never faint or die 
 
 3 Extend thy grace, our hearts renew. 
 
 Our each offence in love forgive i 
 Teach us divine forgiveness too 
 And let us free from evil live. 
 
 4 For thine' s the kingdom, and the power 
 
 And all the glory waits thy name ; 
 Let every land thy grace adore, 
 And souikI a long and loud Amen. 
 
 3H For a new Heart. C. M 
 
 1 /^ FOR a heart to praise my God, 
 V/ A heart from sin set free ; 
 A heart made clean by thy rich blood 
 So freely shed for me ! 
 'i A heart resigned, submissive, meek 
 My great Redeemer's throne, — 
 Where only Christ is heard to speak 
 Where Jesus reigns alone. 
 
 3 An humble, lowly, contrite heart, 
 
 Believing, true, and clean ; 
 Which neither life nor deaih can part 
 From him that dwells within. 
 
 4 \ heart in every thought renewed , 
 
 And full of love divine ; 
 Perfect, and right, and pu^e, ar»d good 
 A copy., Lord, oi ihme. 
 
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ill* Encourasfemtnt. 7*P 
 
 COME, my eoal, thy suit prepaie, 
 Jesus loves to answer prayer ; 
 He that bids us humbly pray, 
 Sends us not unblessed away. 
 * Thou art coming to a king, 
 Large petitions with thee bring ; 
 For his grace and power are such, 
 None can ever ask too much. 
 Lord, 1 come to thee for rest. 
 Take possession of my breast; 
 IMiere thy sovereign right maintain, 
 And without a rival reign. 
 
 to Prayer for Youth. S. M. 
 
 GREAT God ! with heart and tongue. 
 For all our youth we pray ; 
 O may they learn, while they are young 
 To walk in wisdom's way ! 
 t Now, in their early days, 
 
 Teach them thy will to know ; 
 O God, thy sanctifying grace 
 On every heart bestow I 
 ^ Make their defenceless youth 
 The object of thy care ; 
 Cause them to choose the way of truth 
 Ami Hy from every snare, 
 i Their hearts, to folly prone, 
 Renew by power divine : 
 Unite them to thyself alone, 
 And make them wholly thine. 
 5 Lord, let thy sacred word 
 
 Their warmest thoughts employ , 
 There let them daily find the roa^^ 
 Which leads to endless joy. 
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I 1 Prayer for Ckildren. L. M 
 
 1 1 \EAR Saviour, if those lanibs should slrn^ 
 ^J From thy secure enclosure's l>ouii<J, 
 And, lured by earthly joys away, 
 
 Among the thoughtless crowd be found 
 
 2 In all their erring, sinful years, 
 
 O let them ne'er forgotten be ; 
 Remember all the prayers and tears 
 Which have devoted them to thee, 
 
 i And when these hps no more can pray 
 These eyes can weep for them no mort 
 Turn thou their feet from folly's way, 
 The wanderers to thy fold restore. 
 
 \A The great Teacher. S) « 
 
 1 npEACHER , guide of young begnin rs, 
 -i- Let a child approach to thee ; 
 Thee, who camest to ransom sinnera, 
 Thee, who diedst to ransom me. 
 
 % Into thy protection take me, 
 Full of goodness as thou art ; 
 After thine own image make me. 
 Make me after thine own heart. , 
 
 i Exercise the potter's power 
 Over this unshapen clay ; 
 Call me in the morning hour ; 
 Teach my youthful mind the way» 
 
 4 With a tender awe inspire. 
 
 That I never more may rove , 
 Every spark of good desire 
 Raise into a name of luve. 
 
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t3, 44 FRA¥im. 
 
 tli Children's Pray sr CI. M 
 
 ALMIGHTY Father, heavei^ly ?C .p^ 
 Who rules the world aboTs ; 
 Accept the tribute children bring 
 Of gratitude and love. 
 
 2 To thee, each morning, when we rme. 
 
 Our early vows we pay ; 
 And e'er the nighi hath closed our e/ea. 
 We thank thee for the day. 
 
 3 Our Saviour, ever good and kind 
 
 To us his word hath given ; 
 Thj\t children, such as we, may %(i 
 
 The path that leads to heaven, 
 S O Lord, extend thy gracious hand. 
 
 To guide our erring youth ; 
 And lead us to that blissful land 
 
 Where dwells eternal truth. 
 
 t4 A Child's Confession. C3. M. 
 
 OLORD, forgive a sinful child, 
 Whose heart is all unclean • 
 Elow base am I, and how defiled 
 By the vile work of sin ! 
 ^ O change this stubborn heart of mirjje, 
 And make me pure within; 
 Still manifest thy love divine, 
 And save me from my sin. 
 5 Stubborn, untractable, and wild, 
 'By nature is my heart: 
 O Lord, to me, a patient, mildj 
 And holy mind impart. 
 I Then shall I make redeeming lov® 
 My daily hourly song ; 
 And joys like theirs who sing at.0?®. 
 Shall tune an 'n^ant's tongue. 
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I O Infant's Prayer. *^ ® 
 
 JESUS, Saviour,- Son of God, 
 Who, for me, life's pathway irod, 
 Who, for me, became a child ; 
 iVIake me humble, meek, and mild. 
 4 I thy little lamb would be, 
 Jesus, I would follow thee ; 
 Ssmuel was thy child of old, 
 Take me, too, wiihm thy fold. 
 
 16 Hymn for a Child. ^'^ 
 
 } TESUS bids me seek his face ; 
 
 J Lord, I come to ask thy grace ; 
 
 Send thy Spirit from above, 
 
 Teach mo to obey and love : 
 
 Unto thee I fain would go. 
 
 All I want thou canst bestow. 
 3 Thou wilt e'en a child rec?) "a ; 
 
 Thou will all my shis for^ivt; : 
 
 Oh, dissolve this heart oi stone. 
 
 Make me thine, and thine alone • 
 
 Sin is present with me still 
 
 Disobedient is my will. 
 ^ Sinful thoughts too oft prevail, 
 
 Vain desires my heart assail : 
 
 my Saviour, make me whole, 
 
 Form anew my inmost soul ; 
 
 Kindly guard me every day, 
 
 Be my everlasting stay. 
 
 47 For the Young. * L. M 
 
 I /^ REAT Saviour, who d'dst condescend 
 
 vJ Young children in thine arms to taat 
 
 Still prove tnyself the children's friend, 
 
 And save them for thv mercy's eake 
 
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48 PK4TEa» 
 
 2 'Tis by the guidainie o* thy hand 
 That they within th^ house appeir. 
 And in thine awful presence stand, 
 To hear thy word, and join in prayer. 
 B Like precious seed, in iruittul ^romm, 
 Let the instruction they receive, 
 To thy immortal praise abound, 
 And make them to thy glory live. 
 
 4 Give them a sober, steady mmd, 
 
 Strength to withstand the snares of ei 
 Boldly to cast the world behind, 
 And strive eternal life to wht. 
 
 5 To read thy word their hearts inciinti , 
 
 To understand it, light impart ; 
 O Saviour, consecrate them thme. 
 Take full possession of each heart. 
 
 -18 For the Spirit's I^Jiuence. C . M 
 
 I TN thy great name, O Lord, we come 
 X To worship at thy feet ; 
 O pour thy Holy Spirit down 
 On all that now shall meet. 
 g We come to hear Jehovah speak. 
 To hear the Saviour's voice : 
 Thy face and favour, Lord, we seek. 
 Now make our hearts rejoice. 
 ? Teach us to pray, and praise, and heai 
 A nA understand thy word ; 
 To feel thy blissful presence neai-. 
 And trust our living Lord. 
 I Here let thy power and grace be foh 
 Thy love and mercy known ; 
 The icy hearts, blest Saviour, melt 
 \\i& break the heart of Btona 
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* Let sinners, Lord, thy goodness prove. 
 And eaints rejoice in thee ; 
 Let rebels be subdued by love, 
 And to the Saviour flee. 
 
 19 Ji Child' i Praytr. O H 
 
 1 T ORD, leach a sinful child to pray, 
 i '^ And then accept my prayer ; 
 For thou causi hear the words I aay 
 
 For thou an everywhere. 
 
 2 A little sparrow cannot iall 
 
 Unnoticed, Lord, by ihee; 
 And though I am so young and smalif 
 Thou dosi tf»lie care of me. 
 
 ^ Teach me to do the thing that's ngh?. 
 And when I sin, forgive ; 
 And make it still my cliief delighi 
 To serve thee while I live 
 
 4 W hatever trouble I am in, 
 To thee for help I'll call ; 
 But keep me, more thaii ail, frora eta. 
 For that's the worst of all. 
 
 50 The Presence of Christ desire L. ^■ 
 
 I /~\ THOU, to whose aii-searchmg oigh^ 
 v^ The darkness shineth as the Tight, 
 Search, prove my heart, it paaiB for tha? 
 Oh, burst these bonds, and set me free. 
 
 I If in this darksome wild I stray , 
 Be thou my light, be thou ray wsj ^ 
 No foes, no violence I fear^ 
 No fraud, v^hih thou, mj God. art near 
 
*1 . 52 PRATER. 
 
 i When rising fioods my goul o'erfiow, 
 When sinks my heart in waves of wo, 
 Jesus, thy timely aid imparl 
 To raise my head, and cheer my heart. 
 
 ^ Saviour, where'er thy steps I see, 
 Dauntless, untired, I follow thee ; 
 Oh, let thy hand support me still, 
 And lead me to thy holy hill ! 
 
 O I Overcoming impediments to Worship. "^ ^ 
 
 WHY should cold or stormy weather 
 Keep me from the house of praye? 5 
 Oh ! where Christians meet together. 
 Let me still be with them there. 
 S If I loved my God sincerely, 
 If my heart approved his ways. 
 It would grieve my heart severely 
 To be kept from prayer and praise. 
 
 3 When on earth the Saviour wandered 
 
 Oft for me his cheek was wet: 
 Oft in silent prayer he pondered, 
 Through chill night, on Olivet. 
 
 4 Then shall cold or stormy weather 
 
 Keep me from the house of prayer ? 
 No ! where Christians meet together, 
 Let me still be with them there ! 
 
 ^^Jt For Divine Guidance. 8, 1 -^ 
 
 1 ri UIDE me, O thou ^reat Jehovah ! 
 ^-J Pilgrim through this barren land , 
 I am weak, but thou art mighty, 
 lioid me with thy powerful hand ; 
 
 B'-ead of heaven! 
 Peed me now and eve/mor# 
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FRAYBB. ^^9 a>« 
 
 2 Ope a now tne crystal fountain, 
 
 Whence the healing streams do flow , 
 Let the fiery, cloudy pillar 
 Lead .me &11 my journey through • 
 
 Strong Deliverer, 
 Be thou atill my strength and shield. 
 
 3 When I tread the verge of Jordan, 
 
 Bid my anxious fears subside : 
 Thou of death and hell the conqueror, 
 Land me safe on Canaan's side ; 
 
 Songs of praises 
 i will ever give to thee. 
 ?Sfl Children* s Prayer. ^ ^^^ 
 
 1 f~\ LORD, behold before thy throne 
 V-7 A band of children lovi^Iy bend ; 
 Thy face we seek, thy name we ov/n. 
 
 And pray that thou wilt be our friend. 
 
 2 Thou didst on earth the young receive, 
 
 And gently fold them to thy breast, 
 And say, that such in heaven should li?® 
 For ever safe, for ever blest. 
 S Thy Holy Spirit's aid impart, 
 
 That he may teach us how to pray .- 
 Make us Bincere, and let each heart 
 Delight to tread in wisdom's way. 
 i let thy grace our souls renew, 
 And seal a sense of pardon there ; 
 Teach us thy will to know and do. 
 And let us all thine image bear^ 
 §4 The appomted Way. '"^'^ 
 
 fORD, we come before thee now 
 ^ At thy feet we humbly bow ; 
 ! do not our suit disdain ; 
 Shall we seek thee. Lord in valaf 
 C %* 
 
3 liord, on thee our ttouis depend ; 
 
 In compassioii now descend ; 
 
 Fill our hearts wiih heavenly gi&m. 
 
 Tune our lips to sing thy praise. 
 5 in thine own appointed way, 
 
 Now we seek thee, — here we stay 5 
 
 Lord, we know not how to go. 
 
 Till a blessing thou bestow. 
 
 *!?> Lord, remember mt. ^> ^*' 
 
 OTHOU, from whom aii goodDess 8i>v*b, 
 I lift my heart to thee ; 
 In aii my sorrows, conflicts, woea*, 
 Dear Lord, remember me ! 
 
 2 When on my guiltj', burdened heaii 
 
 My sins he heavily, 
 My pardon speak, new peace imp^yi, 
 
 In love, remember me ! 
 ^ Temptationa sore obstruct my way , 
 
 And ills 1 cfiiinot flee ; 
 Oh ! ^ive me strength, Lord, m m> daj, 
 
 And still remember me ! 
 ? Distressed with pain, disease, aiia j^jiisi 
 
 This feeble body see ; 
 Gmnt patience, rest, and kind t^ii'ot 
 
 Hear, and remember me i 
 
 3 If on my face, for thy dear riarn?j. 
 
 Shame and reproaches be, 
 I'll hail reproach., and we]con:ie ssCiam^v 
 If thou remember me. 
 ^ I'iie hour is near, the hou? «:>/ deux. 
 f own the just decree s 
 And when 1 draw my pmYiii< Ireacli, 
 Saviour- rsmember m<'f ■ 
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i6 Child's Prayer C .¥ 
 
 { f\ GOD ! I am a Utile child 
 
 yJ Who fain to thee would prav ; 
 
 But am so lost in folly's wild, 
 I know not what to say. 
 
 2 O teach my light and erring tongue 
 
 To render thanks to thee ; 
 And mould my simple heart, v/hiie youi.. 
 To deep humility. 
 
 3 For thou hast made me what 1 am, 
 
 With brightest hopes before ; 
 And put a reasoning soul within, 
 To live for evermore. 
 
 4 That thou art kind, and great, and good, 
 
 I joyfully believe ; 
 But, O thy boundless love to man, 
 My mind cannot conceive. 
 
 5 That thou shouidsi send thine only Son 
 
 From regions of the sky, 
 For the lost, sinful race of man 
 A dreadfol death to die, 
 
 ^ I cannot grasp. But teach me, Lord, 
 With grateful heart to bow ; 
 And be that reverenced and adored. 
 Which none conceives but Thou. 
 
 ^7 The Request. 0. \ 
 
 FATHER, whate'er of earthly bliss 
 Thy sovereign will denies, 
 A ccepted at thy throne of grace 
 Let tk's petition nse. 
 
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*©, 59 PRATJEH. 
 
 3 Let the sweet hope that thou art mine 
 
 My Ufe and death attend ; 
 Thy presence .through my journey shme, 
 And crown my journey's end. 
 
 •Jo God's Blessing asked. C M. 
 
 OTHAT the Lord would guide my way ■> 
 To keep his statutes still ; 
 that my God would grant me grac*^ 
 To know and do his will. 
 
 O send thy Spirit down to write 
 
 Thy law upon my heart ; 
 Nor let my tongue indulge deceit, 
 
 Nor act the liar's part. 
 
 S Conduct my footsteps by thy wora 
 And make my heart sincere ; 
 Let sin have no dominion, Lord, 
 But keep my conscience clear. 
 
 4 (Viake me to walk in thy commands 
 
 'Tis a delightful road ; 
 Nor let my head, nor heart, nor hands 
 Oii'end against my God. 
 
 ?5il An Infant's Prayer. Vs 
 
 ^ TTOLY Father, please to hear 
 JlL Infant praise and humble prayer ; 
 Thou, who gav'st us parents kind, 
 Teach ua ever them to mind. 
 
 2 Food and raiment, home and friends, 
 
 All we have, thy goodness sends ; 
 
 And for these our hearts shall raise, 
 
 Grateftii thanks and humble oraise- 
 
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3 Guide our hvee m grace and truth. 
 Through the tempting scenes of youth 
 And when here our trials cease, 
 
 O receive our souls in peace. 
 80 Prayer for Guidance. ^^« ^*' 
 
 \ pERMIT me, Lord, to seek thy face 
 i Obedient to thy call ; 
 To seek the presence of thy grace. 
 My strength, my life, my all. 
 * All I can wish is thine to give : 
 My God, I ask thy love ; 
 That greatest bliss I can receive, 
 The bliss of heaven above. 
 
 4 To heaven my restless heart aspires *, 
 
 O for a quickening ray, 
 To wake and warm my faint desires, 
 And cheer the tiresome way ! 
 4 The path to thy divine abode 
 Through a wild desert hes ; 
 A thousand snares beset the road, 
 A thousand terrors rise. 
 ? Satan and sin unite their art 
 To keep me from my Lord ; 
 Dear Saviour, guard my trembling iieart 
 And guide me by thy word. 
 t> 1 A childlike Spirit. '^ ^ 
 
 1 TESUS, make my sinful heart 
 
 J Humble, teachable, and mild ; 
 Upright, simple, free from art, 
 Like a little infant child, 
 
 2 Every little child relies 
 
 On a care beyond his own ; 
 Kviows he's neither strong nor wise, 
 Fears to stir a step alone 
 
5 From ail pride and envy tVee, 
 Teach me to obey thy will ; 
 Pleased with all that pleases thee, 
 Love and praise n.nd bless thee etill 
 
 3 What thou shah to-day provide 
 
 Let me as a child receive ; 
 What to-morrow may betide, 
 Calmly to thy wisdom leave 
 
 4 Let me then on thee rely, 
 
 While my heart to thee 1 give . 
 Happy when I come to die. 
 If I die with thee to live. 
 
 S!«S Prayer for M$re.y C . n^ 
 
 \ 1\ /TERCY alone can meet my ca^e ; 
 iVX For mercy, Lord, I cry : 
 Jesus, Redeemer, show thy ace 
 In mercy, or I die. 
 2 Save me — for none besides can save ' 
 At thy conimand I tread, 
 With trembling step, life's stormy wavs * -- 
 The wave goes o'er my head. 
 % I perish, and my doom were just ; 
 But wih thou leave me ? No: 
 ( hold thee fast, my hope, my trust ; 
 I will not let thee go. 
 4 Still sure to me thy promise stands, 
 A nd ever must abide ; 
 Behold it written on thy hands, 
 And graven in thy side. 
 % To this, this only, wil^ I cleave ; 
 Thy word is all my plea ; 
 That word is truth, and I beliei'e r— - 
 Have mercy, Lord, on me! 
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63 The ChiMs Pray efr. 7'S- 
 
 1 TESUS, see a little child 
 
 J Humbly at thy footstool stay; 
 Thou who art so meek and mild 
 Stoop, and teach me what tj say. 
 
 2 Though thou art so great and high, 
 
 Thou dost view, with smiling face, 
 Little children when they cry, 
 
 " Saviour ! guide v^ by thy grace/ 
 S Show me what I. ought to be, 
 
 Make me every evil shun ; 
 Thee in all things may I see, 
 
 In thy holy footsteps run. 
 4 Jesus! all my sins forgive. 
 
 Make me lowly, pure in heart, 
 For thy glory may I live. 
 
 Then be with thee where thou art 
 
 6~l For Morning and Et^zning. < » 
 
 1 n RACIOUS God! to thee I pray, 
 vX Give me grace to pray aright j 
 Guide and bless me every day. 
 And defend me every night. 
 ^ Let thy mercy, while I live, 
 Every needful want supply ; 
 And thy blissful presence give, 
 To support me when I die. 
 
 t»^ Morning arid Evening. »'^ 
 
 { nPKACH me, Lord, thy name to kno^ , 
 -1 Teach me. Lord, thy name to lo^o ; 
 May I do thy will below 
 As thy will is done above. 
 
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2 When 1 go to rest at nighl. 
 
 O'er me watch and near me stay ; 
 And when morning brings the light. 
 May I wake to praise and pray. 
 
 i%& Sabbath-scholar* g Prayer. CM 
 
 1 ^~\ I'HAT the Lord would teach my ton^ii* 
 ^-J The heavenly song to raise ; 
 
 O that the Lord my heart would fill 
 With love, and joy, and praise ! 
 
 2 O 'hat the Lord my steps would guide 
 
 In paths of righteousness ; 
 O that the Lord my lips would teach 
 His ways and works to bless ! 
 
 3 O that the Lord would give me faith, 
 
 The blessed Christ to see ; 
 that he now would give me grace. 
 That I to him may flee ! 
 
 4 O that the Lord would make me know 
 
 The riches of his grace ; 
 Then should I live and please him too, 
 And dying see his face. 
 
 GOD„ 
 
 @7 Ood is Light and Lov*. 8* » 
 
 \ /"i OD is love ; his merey brightens 
 vT All the path in which we move • 
 BliHR he grants, and wo he lightens 
 'xod is light, and God is love. 
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I Chance and change are busy Qv©r ; 
 Worlds ducay, and ages move; 
 But his mercy waneth never : 
 God is light, and God is love. 
 
 3 E'en the hour that darkest seemeth. 
 
 His unchanging goodness proves ; 
 F'rom the mist his brightness streameth 
 God is light, and God is love, 
 
 4 He our eartlily cares entv^^meth 
 
 With his comforts from above ; 
 Everywhere his glory siiineth : 
 God is light, and God is love- 
 
 68 God the Children's Friend. CM 
 
 1 "\T7HILE angels praise thy gracious name 
 
 VV ^ And Holy ? Holy ! cry ; 
 May little children do the same 
 And raise their songs on high ? 
 
 2 They may. — To Samuel thou didst speak. 
 
 And mark him as thy own , 
 They may — for thou hast bid them seek 
 For mercy through thy Son. 
 
 3 And king Josiah in his youth 
 
 Was early taught by thee, 
 To fear thy name, to love thy truth, 
 And every sin to flee. 
 
 4 Nor canst thou change — still, still thou a? 
 
 The helpless infant's friend ; 
 O, I would give thee all my heart, 
 And on thy grace depend. 
 ^ And now, O God ! to thee I cry : 
 ^ O form my soul anew ; 
 The Sa»/iour's cleansing blood apply. 
 And al/. my sins subdue. 
 
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^B, to, ft ' #OD. 
 
 69 Tiu Lord is htr*. ^ ^ 
 
 { rp^ij^ Lord is here ! He sees ns loo, 
 1 And watches every thiDg we do. 
 He sees Ub when we laugh and play, 
 And knows if we pretend to pray. 
 
 2 The Lord is here ! O let us be 
 Afraid to sin, for God can see ; 
 Lest we should be cast down to hell 
 And there in endless sorrow dwell, 
 
 ^0 There is a Ood L- M 
 
 I ^pHERE IS a God who reigns above, 
 i The Lord of heaven, and earth, and a€aj^ 
 I fear his wrath, 1 ask his love, 
 And with my hps I sing his praise 
 I There is a law which he hath made. 
 To teach us all what we must do , 
 And his commands must be obeyed, 
 For they are holy, just, and true. 
 ? There is an hour when I must die : 
 
 Nor do I know how soon 'twill come ; 
 Thousands of children young as ) 
 
 Are called by death to hear their doom 
 ( Let me improve the hours I have. 
 Before the day of grace is iled : 
 There's no repentance in the gi^ave, 
 Nor pardon offiered to the dead. 
 
 ^ I His name is Ood. ^- ^^ 
 
 WHEN I look up to yonder sky. 
 So pure, so bright, so wondroup high 
 I think of One I cannot see, 
 Bui One who sees and cares for me. 
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SOT) 72 13 
 
 2 His name is Gotf ! he gave me hinh ; 
 
 And every living thiag on earth. 
 
 And every tree and plant that grows, 
 
 To the same hand its being owes. 
 ^ 'Tis he my daily food provides, 
 
 And all that I require besides ; 
 
 And when I close my slumberiiig eye 
 
 I sleep in peace, for he is nigh. 
 » Then surely I should eve? love 
 
 This gracious God who rnigns above; 
 
 For very kmd Ltideed is he, 
 
 I'o love a litiie child like me 
 4 A Ood hear 8 y sees, andLpiows me ^ M 
 
 GOD is in heaven — can lie hea. 
 A feeble prayer like mine ? 
 Yes, little child, thou need'st not fear, 
 He listeneth to thine. 
 
 2 God is in heaven — can he see 
 
 When I am doing wrong ? 
 Yes, that he can — he locks a;^ the© 
 All day and all night long. 
 
 3 God is in heaven — wouU he know 
 
 If I should tell a jj^je ? 
 Yes, if thou saidst it very low 
 He'd hear it in the sky. 
 
 4 God is in heaven — can I go 
 
 To thank him for his care { 
 N ot yet — but love him here below, 
 And thou shall praise him there. 
 ^ O Ood everywhere. I 1*4 
 
 I A MONG the deepest shades of nig at 
 ^^ (^an there be one who sees my way t 
 Yes, God is as a shining li^h*, 
 That turns the darkness mto day. 
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74 «OD. 
 
 Z When every eye around me sleeps; 
 May I not sin without control ? 
 No ; for a constant watch he keeps, 
 On every thought of every sou.. 
 5 If I could find some cave unknown, 
 Where human feet had never trod. 
 Yet there I could not be alone, 
 On every side there would be God. 
 
 4 He smiles in heaven, he frowns in hell, 
 
 He fills the earth, the air, the sea, 
 I must within his presence dwell, 
 I cannot from his anger fl^e. 
 
 5 Yet I may flee ; he shows me where ; 
 
 To Jesus Christ he bids me fiy ; 
 
 And while I seek for pardon there, 
 
 There's only mercy in his eye, 
 
 €^ Qod U9T7ial and unchaTtffeable, ^-'» ^ 
 
 \ f^ REA T God, how infinite art thou I 
 VX How frail and weak are we ' 
 Let the whole race of creatures bcw 
 And give their praise to thee. 
 
 2 Thy throne eternal ages stood, 
 
 Ere earth or heaven was made , 
 Thou art the ever-living God, 
 Wevf all the nations dead. 
 
 3 Nature and time all open lie 
 
 To thine immense survey, 
 Prom the formation of the sky, 
 To the last awful day. 
 
 4 Bternity, with all its years. 
 
 Stands present to thy view, 
 To thee there's nothing old appears 
 And nothing can be new. 
 
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GOD. 75, f^ 
 
 6 Our .ives throii^h various scenes are drawn 
 Xiid vexed with trifling cares ; 
 Whiie tnine eternal thought moves on 
 Tnine undisturbed affairs. 
 
 #0 Omnigeieiuei i-<* ^ 
 
 i T ORD, thou hast searched and seen me 
 I -^ through ; 
 
 Thine eye commands, with piercing view, 
 My rising and my resting hours, 
 My heart and flesh, with all their powers 
 
 2 My thoughts, before they are my own, • 
 Are to my God distinctly known ; 
 
 He knows tlie words I mean to speak..; 
 Ere from my opening lips they break, 
 
 3 Within thy circling power 1 stand ; 
 On every side I find thy hand ; 
 Awake, asleep, at home, abroad, 
 
 I am surrounded still with God. 
 
 < How awful is thy searching eye ! 
 Thy knowledge, how deep ! how higL 
 My soul, with all the powers 1 boast, 
 Is n the boundless prospect lost. 
 
 S O may these thoughts possess my breasi 
 Where'er I rove, where'er I rest ; 
 Nor let my evil passions dare 
 Consent to sin, for God is there. 
 
 7-5 Th6 allsscing God. ^ ^ 
 
 ALMIGHTY God, thy piercing eye 
 Strikes through the shades o-f night 
 And our most secret actions lie 
 A.il open to thy sight-. 
 
f1 «OD. 
 
 i There's not a sin that we commit, 
 I^or wicked word we say, 
 But in thy dreadful book 'trs writ. 
 Against the judgment day. 
 S And mu«i the cnmes thai I have dmw 
 Be read and pubHshed there f 
 Be all exposed before the Bun, 
 Whib men and angels hear t 
 4 Lord, at thy feel ashamed 1 lie ; 
 [Jpward I dare not look ; 
 Pardon rny sins before I die, 
 And blot them from thy book. 
 *> Remember all the dying pains 
 That my Redeemer felt ; 
 And let his blood wash out my stains 
 And answer for my gmlt. 
 
 4 € God is glorious. ^^ • 
 
 HOW glorious is our beaveiny Kinij, 
 Wlio reigns above the sky : 
 How shall a child presume to eing 
 !Iis dreadful majesty f 
 
 2 How great his power is, none can tell, 
 
 Nor think how large his grace ; 
 N )i men below, nor saints that dwcH 
 On high before his face. 
 
 3 N 01 angels that stand round the Lord 
 
 Can search his secret will ; 
 But they perforiji his holy word, 
 And sing his praises still. 
 
 4 Then let me join this heavenly tm'vA 
 
 And my first offerings brmg ; 
 The God of grace will not diedsin 
 To hear an infant sing. 
 
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 IS God our Heavenly Father. L. M 
 
 GREAT God 1 and wilt thou be so kip.d 
 The comfort of a child to mind ? 
 
 i a poor child, and thou so high, 
 
 The Lord of earth, and air, and sky f 
 % Art thou my Father ? canst thou heai 
 
 My feeble and imperfect prayer ? 
 
 Or wilt thou listen to the praise 
 
 That such a one as I can raise ? 
 i Art thou my Father ? let me be 
 
 A meek, obedient child to thee ; 
 
 And try, in word, and deed, and thought, 
 
 To serve and please thee as I ought. 
 t Art thou my Father? I'll depend 
 
 Upon the care of such a friend ; 
 
 And only wish to do and be 
 
 Whatever seemeth good to theo 
 5 Art thou my Father ? then at last, 
 
 When all my days on earth are past, 
 
 Send down and take me in thy love, 
 
 To be thy better child above. 
 
 7 9 Lova of God. 7 S 
 
 1 QING, my soul, his wondrous love, 
 
 O Who from yon bright world abo^'e 
 
 Hlver watchful o'er our race, 
 
 Still to man extends his grace : 
 
 Sing, my soul, his wondrous love. 
 t deaven and earth by him were mad© 
 
 He by all must be obeyed ; 
 
 What are we, that he should show 
 
 So much love to us below ! 
 
 Singr, my ^oul, his wondrous io?a 
 
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^^5 81 GOD. 
 
 3 God, thus merciful and good, 
 Bought us with a Saviour's blood. 
 And, to make our safety sure, 
 Guides us by his Spirit pure : 
 Sing, my soul, his wondrous love. 
 
 4 Sing, my soul, adore his name, 
 Let nis glory be thy theme ; 
 Praise him till he calls thee home, 
 Trust his love for all to come . 
 Praise, O praise the God of love. 
 
 ^0 Bineerity in Prayer. O, ^ 
 
 GOD is a Spirit, just and wise, 
 He sees our inmost mind ; 
 In vain to heaven we raise our cries. 
 And leave our souls behind. 
 i Nothing but truth before his throne, 
 With honour can appear ; 
 I'he painted hypocrites are known, 
 Through the disguise they wear. 
 s' Their hfted eyes salute the skies. 
 Their bended knees the ground ; 
 But God abhors the sacrifice 
 Where not the heart is found. 
 i Lord ! search my thoughts, and try my^'j^jb 
 And make my soul sincere : 
 Then shall 1 stand before thy fac6 
 And find acceptance there. 
 
 S 1 Ocd eternal C U 
 
 OGOD ! our help in ages past, 
 Our hope for years to come, 
 Our shelter from the stormy blaat 
 And our eterna] homo 
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2 Beneath the shadow of thy throne 
 
 Thy saints have dwelt secure ; 
 Sufficient is thine arm alone, 
 And our defence is sure. 
 
 3 Before the hills in order stood, 
 
 Or earth received her frame, 
 From everlasting thou art God, 
 
 Through endless years the same. 
 Time, like an over-flowing streain. 
 
 Bears all its sons away ; 
 We fly forgotten, as a dream 
 
 Dies at the opening day. 
 5 O God ! our help in ages past, 
 
 Our hope for years to come, 
 Be thou our guard while life shall laet, 
 
 And our eternal home. 
 
 *5ifi God is every wker9. A-'* ^ 
 
 1 TN all my vast concerns with thee, 
 X In vain my soul would try 
 
 To shun thy presence, Lord, or flee 
 The notice of ihine eye. 
 
 2 Thy all- surrounding sight surveys 
 
 My rising and my reet, 
 My public walks, my pri"sate ways, 
 
 The secrets of my breast. 
 My thoughts he open to the Lord, 
 
 before they're formed within ; 
 And ere my lips pronounce the word. 
 
 He knows the sense I mean. 
 Oh ! wondrous knowledge, deep and high J 
 
 Where can a creature hide f 
 Within thy circling arms 1 lie, 
 
 Beaet on every side. 
 
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?*3, 8^1 ooo. 
 
 6 So let thy grace surround me siU!, 
 And like a bulwark prove, 
 To guard my soul from every ill, 
 And fill me with thy love. 
 
 ^^*S Ood's Goodnsss. C. M 
 
 COME, let us join, our Lord to praise 
 Whose mercy knows no end ; 
 Fo him our cheermJ voices raise 
 f)ur Father and our Friend 
 
 2 m tender nilancy, his care 
 
 Preserved our lives from harm , 
 And now he keeps us from the snare 
 Of sin's deceitful charm. 
 
 3 de gives us friends, who seek our good- 
 
 And strive to m.ake us wise ; 
 His bounteous hand provides our food. 
 And all our wants supplies. 
 
 4 With grateful praise we will prociatm 
 
 The mercies of our God ; 
 And sing the glory of his name, 
 Who bought us with his biood. 
 
 ^^ Ood'$ Cond4msnsioii. ^ ^^ ■< 
 
 1 '^pHE Lord Jehovah reigns, 
 i- His throne is built on highj 
 The garments he assumes 
 Are light and majesty. 
 
 His glories shine 
 With beams so bright, 
 No mortal eye 
 Can beai^ 'he sight 
 SO 
 
CHRIST. *^5. ^ 
 
 I And can this mighty King 
 1 glory condescend ? 
 Aiid will ne write his name, 
 *' My Father and my Friend !" 
 
 I love his name, 
 1 love his wjrd ; 
 Join all my powers 
 To praise the Lord 
 
 ^^5 Our God, ^' 
 
 I '^I^HIS God 18 the God we adore, 
 1 Our faithful, unchangeable friend ; 
 Whose love is as great as his power, 
 And neither knows measure ^lorend. 
 
 % 'Tis Jesus, the iirat and the last, 
 
 Whose Spirit shall ^uide us safe home ; 
 We'll praise him for all that is past, 
 And trust him for all that's to come, 
 
 CHRIST. 
 
 *^t> Rffuff&for the T$mpUd 
 
 JESUS, lover of my soul, 
 Lei me to thy bosom fly : 
 While the billows near me roll. 
 While the tempest still is liigh 1 
 
 t Hide me, O my Saviour, Itide, 
 Till the storm of life is past ; 
 Safe into the haven guide, 
 O receive my goulat last! 
 
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®T, 88 CHETSI 
 
 3 Or her refuge have 1 none, 
 
 Hangs my helpless soul on the® 
 Leave, oh ! leave me not alone, 
 Still support and comfort me ! 
 
 4 All my trust on thee is stayed, 
 
 All my help from thee I bring ; 
 Cover my defenceless head 
 
 With tJie shadow of thy wing. 
 Plenteous grace with thee is found 
 
 Grace to pardon all rny sins ;' 
 Let the healing streams abound. 
 
 Make and keep me pure within. 
 ^ Thou of life the fountain art, 
 
 Freely let me take of thee ; 
 Spring thou up within my heart. 
 
 Rise to all eternity ! 
 
 8^ Christ's Compassion. 
 
 I T^ID Christ o'er sinners weep, 
 -LJ And shall our cheeks be di f 
 Lei floods of penitential grief 
 Burst forth from every eye. 
 I The Son of God in tears. 
 Angels wt»h wonder see I 
 Be thou astonished, O my soul, 
 He shed those tears (or me. 
 I He wept that we might weep ; 
 Each sin demands a tear ; 
 \n heaven alone no sin is found, 
 And there's no weeping there. 
 
 *^§ Jcsux Chrisi. 
 
 : 1 ESUS Christ has lived and died, 
 J What is ail the world beside f 
 This to know is al] we need. 
 ThiJ* to know is life indeed 
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caaisT. 89, ^» 
 
 "I Oihaj viedoui seek I none, 
 
 lead ine this, and this alone; 
 
 Christ or me has lived and died, 
 
 Christ or me was crucified. 
 3 Can m/ soul on shadows vain 
 
 Ever e[.'2nd a thought again ? 
 
 No — before this light they flee, 
 
 Jesus Christ has died for me. 
 ^!^ Tht Good Shepherd. B«. T 
 
 FESUS says thai we must love hun , 
 He!p!ess as the iambs arc we ; 
 Bui he ve/y kindly tells us, 
 That oui Shepherd he will be. 
 I Heavenly Snephcrd, |)j{3ase to vvaich ua, 
 Guard us both by night and day : 
 Pity show to little children, 
 Who like Iambs too often stray. 
 3 vVe are always prone to \yander, 
 Please to keep us from eftch snare ; 
 Teach our infant hearts to praise thee 
 For thy kindness and thy care. 
 
 ^lO Christ our Instructer. L. M' 
 
 ' 'piiOU great Instrucier ! lest 1 stray 
 1 O leach my erring feet thy way • 
 Thy truth, with ever fresh delight. 
 Shall guide my youthful steps aright. . 
 'I How oft my heart's affections yield, 
 And wander o'er the world's wide field • 
 My roving pa^'sions, Lord, reclami, 
 Unite them all to fear thy name. 
 < Then to my God, my heart and tongue 
 With all their powers sf'iall raise the song . 
 On earth thy glories I'lJ declare, 
 \ nd heaven my stms, ci joy shall hear. 
 
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1^1 JeaKsinthe GarcUn il ^ 
 
 I n^HOU sweet gliding Kedron, by thy sijvsi 
 JL stream 
 Our Saviour would linger in mooniigiii's sofj 
 
 beam ; 
 And by thy bright waters till midnight would 
 
 stay, 
 \nd lose m thy murmurs the toils of th« 
 
 day. 
 t liow damp were the vapours that fell Oii his 
 
 iiead ; 
 How hard was hia pillow, how humble his 
 
 bed ; 
 The angels beholding, amazed ai the sight, 
 A.t'tended their Master with solemn delight. 
 garden of Olives, thou dear honoured spot 
 The fame of thy wonders shall ne'er be 
 
 forgot ; 
 The theme most transporting to seiaphs 
 
 above, 
 The triumph of sorrow, the triumph of love 
 4 Come, saints, and adore him ; come bow a; 
 
 his feet : 
 O give him the glory, the praise tha: in 
 
 meet ; 
 Let joyful hosannas unceasing arise, 
 And join the full chorus that gladdens tiu 
 
 ekies. 
 
 9>^ Hymn to the Saviour. o. *^ 
 
 ^ OAIL! my ever blessed Jesus, 
 
 ±1. Only thee I wish to smg ; 
 
 To my soul thy name is precious, 
 Thou my Prophet Frieet. and King 
 
CHRIST ®'i?- ^ 
 
 2 what mercy flov/s from heavtu ; 
 
 O what joy and happiness ! 
 Love I much ? I'm much forgiven ; 
 Fm a miracle of grace. 
 
 3 Once with Adam's race in ruin, 
 
 Unconcerned in sin I lay , 
 Swift destruction still pursuing, 
 
 Till my Saviour passed that way. 
 Witness, all ye hosts of heaven, 
 
 My Redeemer's tenderness; 
 Love I much ? I'm much forgiven; 
 
 I'm a miracle of grace. 
 Shout, ye bright angelic choir, 
 
 Praise the Lamb enthroned above , 
 Whilst, astonished, I admire 
 
 God's free grace and boundless love, 
 6 That blessed moment I received him 
 
 Filled my soul with joy and peace ; 
 Love I much? I'm much forgiven; 
 
 I'm a miracle of grace. 
 
 93 The Poverty of Christ. "^'S 
 
 • J^ VERY bird can build her nest, 
 
 I2j Foxes have thtir place of real 
 
 He by whom the worlds were made 
 
 Had not wnere to lay his head. 
 
 He who is the Lord Most High, 
 
 Then was poorer far than I, 
 
 That I might hereafter be 
 
 Rich to all eternity. 
 
 "4: Suffer them to corns. » S 
 
 SAVIOUR, may a little child 
 Through thy grace be reconciie4 
 Who can feel indeed within 
 Vluch of evil, much of eui ? 
 
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^^, ^O CHRIST 
 
 1 Yes, thou saidst, and that's my pleii. 
 ' * Suffer such to come to me » 
 Turn no little child away, 
 Heaven is filled with such as they/ 
 
 * Saviour ! to thine arms I fly, 
 Ere my childhood passes by ; 
 In thy fear my years be pass'd, 
 Whether first, or midst, or last. 
 
 i^5 Christ the Way. ^ ''^- 
 
 JESUS, my all, to heaven is gone. 
 He whom I fix my hopes upon ; 
 His track I see, and I'll pursue 
 The narrow way till him I view. 
 
 3 This is the way I long have sought. 
 And mourned because I found it not ; 
 My grief and burden long have been. 
 That T was not released &om sin. 
 
 ^ The more I strove against its power, 
 I felt its weight and guih the more ; 
 At length I heard my Saviour say, 
 *• Come hither, soul, I am the way.*° 
 
 4 Now will I tell to sinners round, 
 What a dear Saviour 1 have found ; 
 I'll point to his redeeming blood. 
 And say, "Behold the way to God '*' 
 
 0Q J^ot ashamed of ChrUU l*- ^^ 
 
 ' TESUS ! and can it ever be 
 J That 1 should be ashamed of thee ? 
 Asnamed of thee, wnom angels praise, 
 Whose glories shine through endless days I 
 
 2 Ashamed of Jesus '. sooner far 
 be* evening blush to own a star ; 
 He sheds the beams of light divine 
 O'er this benighted soul of mine. 
 
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CHRIST. 91 
 
 ? Asnamed of Jesus ! jusi as soon 
 Let midni^Iit be ashamed of noon : 
 'Tis midnight with my soul till he, 
 Bright morning-star ! bids darkness flee 
 
 4 Ashamed of Jesus ! that dear fnend 
 On whom my hopes of heaven depend ? 
 No; when I blush — be this my shame, 
 That I no more revere his name. 
 
 5 Ashamed of Jesus ! Yes, I may, 
 When I've no guilt to wash away, — 
 No tear to wipe, no good to crave, 
 No fears to hush, no soul to save. 
 
 5 Till then — nor is my boasting vain — 
 Till then I boast a Saviour slain ! 
 And O may this my glory be, 
 Jesus is not ashamed of me ! 
 
 97 Yielding to Christ. B'i 
 
 O JESUS ! delight of my soul, 
 My Saviour, my Shepherd divine ! 
 [ yield to thy blessed control ; 
 My body and spirit are thine. 
 J rhy love I can never deserve, 
 That bids me be happy in thee ; 
 My God and my King I will serve 
 Whose favour is heaven to me, 
 8 How can I thy goodness repay, 
 By nature so weak and defiled 1 
 Myself i have given away, 
 O call me thine own little child. 
 J And art thou my Father above 1 
 Will Jesus abide in my heart " 
 O bind me so fast with thy love 
 That I never from thee shall depart 
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38, ©9 CHRIST 
 
 98 ASightof the Crosf. O. M 
 
 I T SAW one hanging on a tre« 
 X In agonies and blood ; 
 Methoaghi he turned his eyes on m& 
 As near his cross I stood. 
 % Sure, never till my latest breath 
 Can I forget that look ; 
 [t seemed to charge me with hia death, 
 
 Though not a word he spoke. 
 My conscience felt and owned the (!ieen 
 
 And plunged me in despair ; 
 I saw my sins his blood had shed, 
 And helped to nail him there. 
 4 Alas ! I knew not what I did ; 
 But now my tears are vain ; 
 Where Shall my trembling soul be hid f 
 For I the Lord have slam. 
 !^ A second look he gave, which said, 
 ** I freely all forgive ; 
 This blood is for tiiy ransom paid, 
 I die,— that thou mayest live." 
 6 Thus, while his death my sin display! 
 In all its blackest hue. 
 Such is the mystery of grace, 
 It seals my pardon too. 
 09 Christ a Pattern. B 
 
 OUR Saviour was a lovely child. 
 His parents' chief delight ; 
 In his behaviour meek and mild, 
 He always acted right. 
 J A blessed pattern Christ our Lord 
 Himself to children ffave. 
 To lead them to obey his woxd. 
 And never misbehave. 
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CHRIHT, KK), 80S 
 
 3 " Vm often st ibborn, vain, and wild, 
 Self-willed, ami hard in heart ; 
 O Lord, to me thy chaste and mild 
 And holy mind impart," 
 100 The Friend. S^ '^ 
 
 i r^NE there is above all others,^ 
 
 v>^ Well deserves the name of Friend ; 
 His 13 love beyond a brother's. 
 Costly, free, and knows no end. 
 
 2 Which of all our friends, to save us, 
 
 Could or would have shed his blood ? 
 But this Saviour died to have us 
 Reconciled, m him, to God^ 
 
 3 When he lived on earth abased, 
 
 P'nend of sinners was his name * 
 Now, above all glory raised, 
 He rejoices in the same. 
 
 4 O for grace our hearts to soften ! 
 
 Teach us, Lord, at length to love ; 
 
 We, alas ! forget too often 
 What a friend we have above. 
 I O l / know that my Redeemer liveth. ^ ^ 
 X T KNOW that my Redeemer lives ; 
 
 A What comfort this sweet sentence gj v e? 
 
 He lives, he lives, who once was ceacC 
 
 He lives, my ever- living head, 
 t He lives to bless me with his love, 
 
 He lives to plead for me above, 
 
 ile lives my hungry soul to feed, 
 
 He lives to help in time of need. 
 •> He lives to grant me rich supply, 
 
 He lives to guide me with his eye, 
 
 He lives to comfort me wnen faint, 
 
 He hvee to hear my soul's complaint. 
 
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I02, I03 0Hfi.i8T. 
 
 4 He lives to silence all my fears, 
 He lives to v^^ipe away my tears. 
 He lives to calm my troubled hearij 
 He lives, all blessings to impart. 
 
 5 He lives, all glory to his name ! 
 He lives, my Jesus, still the same ; 
 
 the sv«eet joy this sentence gives 
 
 1 knov^ that my Redeemer lives ! 
 
 i 02 The Cross of Christ, l> ^'^ 
 
 i 1^7 HEN I survey the wondrous cross 
 VV On which the Prmce of glory died, 
 My richest gain I ccunt but loss, 
 And pour contempt on all my pride. 
 
 2 See from his head, his ban da, his feet, 
 Sorrow and love flow mingled down; 
 Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, 
 Or thorns compose so rich a crown T 
 
 ^ Were the whole realm of nature mine, 
 That were a present far too small ; 
 Love so amazing, so divine, 
 Demands^my soul, my life, my aU. 
 
 1 O'l The Praise of Children arxeptablf C. M 
 
 i r^HILDREN, of old, hosannas sung 
 vy To praise the Saviour's name ; 
 We too would join our infant scr.g, 
 To celebrate his fame. 
 
 2 Chief priests and scribes were sore displeased 
 
 That children thus should sing ; 
 But Jesus owned their early praise, 
 And we out praises bring. 
 
CHRIST HH. £03 
 
 5 We bless ihe Lord for all his gifia, 
 For life, and food, and friei/ds ; 
 We bless him for the Word of life, 
 The choicest gift he sends. 
 
 104 All far Christ. ^- M 
 
 i, A N D must I part with all I have, 
 r\ M.y dearest Lord, for thee ? 
 It is l)ut right ! smce thoii hast done 
 Much more than this for me. 
 
 2 Yes, let it go! — one look from thee 
 
 Will more than make amends 
 For all the losses I sustain 
 Of honour, riches, friends. 
 
 3 Ten thousand worlds, ten thousand lives 
 
 How worthless they appear. 
 Compared with thee, supremely good, 
 Divinely bright and fair, 
 
 4 Dear Saviour ! if I could from thee 
 
 A holy hean obtain, 
 Though destitute of all things else, 
 I'd glory in my gain. 
 
 li}^ Ths Gifts of Jssus. ^ 7 
 
 JFSUS gives us true repentance 
 By his Spirit sent from heaven 
 Jesus whispers this sweet sentence, 
 " Son, thy sins are all foigivmi. ' 
 Faith he gives us to believe him, 
 
 Grateful hearts his love to prize ; 
 Want we wisdom ? he must give it. 
 Hearing ears, and seemg eyes. 
 
 6) 
 
ICMI CHHIST. 
 
 2 Jesus gives us pure atFections, 
 
 Helps us do vvhat he commands . 
 Makes us follow his directions, 
 
 Gives us willing feet and hands. 
 All our prayers, and all our praises, 
 
 We should offer in his name ■ 
 He who dictates them is Jesus ; 
 
 He who answers is the same. 
 
 3 Lamb of God, we fall before ihee. 
 
 Humbly trusting in thy cross 
 That alone be all bur glory. 
 
 All things else we count bii; loss. 
 Thee we own a perfect Saviour 
 
 Endless source of joy and love , 
 Grant us, Lord, thy constant favour, 
 
 Till we reign with thee above. 
 
 1 06 Christ our King, i^- ^ 
 
 I TESUS shall reign where'er the sun 
 
 «i Does his successive journeys run ; 
 
 His kingdom stretch from shore to shor^ 
 
 Till suns shall rise and set no more. 
 t For him shall endless prayer be made, 
 
 A tid endless praises crown his head ; 
 
 His name, like sweet perfume, shall rise 
 
 With every morning sacrifice. 
 
 3 People and realms of every tongue 
 Dvy'ell on his love with sweetest song; 
 A fid infant voices shall proclaim 
 Their early blessings on his name. 
 
 4 Lei every creature rise and bring 
 Peculiar honours to our King ; 
 Angels descend with songs again, 
 4mi eMth repeat the loud amen. 
 
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CHRIST SOT, I Oh 
 
 8 07 Christ* s Love to the Young. 0» -.1 
 
 1 ll/'HEN the Redeemer left his throne 
 
 V \ And dwelt with men below ; 
 It was his glorious work to bless, 
 And happiness bestow. 
 
 2 The poor and wretched claimed his aid, 
 
 Nor sought relief in vain ; 
 «.When parents owned his gracious help 
 He blessed their infant train. 
 
 3 And now, though Jesus reigns above, 
 
 He makes the young his care ; 
 And helpless children still he owns, 
 And they his goodness share. 
 
 4 Now w^e are taught to read thy word 
 
 Which makes the foolish wise ; 
 O may we know a Saviour's name, 
 Ana learn his worth to prize. 
 
 108 Children Blessed. CM 
 
 HOW happy those dear children were 
 Whom the Redeemer blessed ; 
 Whom, when he breathed that fervent priy©/ 
 He folded to his breast. 
 
 2 How^ powerful was that prayer to hnni> 
 
 All blessings from above ; 
 How true to lead them to the spring 
 Of everlasting love. 
 
 3 How mighty to preserve from sin, 
 
 And every dangerous snare j 
 I've often wished that I had been 
 kmoim the children there, 
 
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 i But thanks to tinat Almighty b ritjiyi 
 He is the same to-day, 
 As when he thus refused to send 
 Those babes unblessed away. 
 i And he has made his covenant broad, - 
 To all who seek his face, 
 He'll be a Saviour and a God, 
 And fill them with his grace. 
 
 09 The Coming of Ckrui '^'^S 
 
 WHY did Christ my Lord appear 
 Why to sinners thus draw near ^ 
 Why his glories veiling thus ? 
 . Was it not in love to us ? 
 
 what matchless grace to deign, 
 Thus to stoop my heart to gain ' 
 Thus to live, and love, and die i 
 Oh ! thou blessed Jesus, why ? 
 
 I While I sing the Saviour's birth, 
 (Heaven rejoice, and triumph earth !) 
 
 1 will love and serve him more. 
 And his grace to me adore ! 
 Like the shepherds on the piam, 
 Listen to the heavenly strain 
 Glory be to God again, 
 
 Peace on earth — good-will to men ! 
 
 1 I O Lovestthoums? 7'% 
 
 HAR K, my soul ! it is the Lord — 
 'Tis thy Saviour, hear his word ; 
 Jesus speaks, and speaks to thee : 
 Say, poor sinner, lovest thou me f 
 
 2 ' I delivered thee when bound, 
 
 A nd when wounded, healed thy wound ; 
 Sought thee wandering, set tlj^e nghl, 
 1 urned thy darkness intr^ light 
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 < * Mine 18 an unchajiging love, 
 
 Higher than the heights above ,• 
 
 Deeper than the depths beiieaih. 
 
 F>ee and iaithhil, eiiong as death. 
 i " Thou shall see my glory aoon, 
 
 When the woik of grace is done ; 
 
 Partner ot my throne shall be ; 
 
 Say, poor sinner lov'et thou me f" 
 
 Lord, it is my chief complaint, 
 
 riiat my love is weak and faint ; 
 
 y^et 1 love thee and adore; 
 
 tor grace to love thee more ! 
 
 I 11 Christ's J^attvity. C M 
 
 1 lyrORTALS, av/ake, with angels jom, 
 IVA And chant the solemn lay ; 
 Joy, love, and gratitude combine 
 To hail the auspicious d^y. 
 i Wrapt in the silence of the night, 
 The world in darkness lay. 
 When sudden, glorious, heavenly \i0n 
 Burst in a flood of day. 
 $ Hark ! the cherubic armies stiout, 
 And glory leads the song : 
 rood will and peace are heard, throughout 
 Th' harmonious heavenly throng. 
 ** O for a glance of heavenly love, 
 Our hearts and songs to raise ! 
 vSvveetly to bear our souls above. 
 And mingle with their lays. 
 5 With icy the chorus we'll repeat, 
 ' ' Glory to God on high ; 
 <j»ooci will ind peace are now compbt© 
 Jetua wa» oorn to dio.'* 
 
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Ii2^ 113 CHBI8T. 
 
 ^ Hail, Prince of Life, for ever haii ' 
 Redeemer, Brother, Friend ! 
 Though earth and time, and life shall fail, 
 Thy p/aise shall never end. 
 
 • 1^ ChristiaK ExampU of BenevoUnet. L. M 
 
 AND is the gospel oeace and love i 
 Such let our conversation be ; 
 The serpent blended with the dove, 
 Wisdom a^id meek simplicity. 
 
 2 Whene'er the an»ry passions rise, 
 
 And tempt our thoughts or tongues to strife, 
 On Jesus let us fix our eyes, 
 Bright pattern of the Christian life. 
 
 3 O how benevolent and kind I 
 
 How mild I how ready to forgiv* ! 
 Be this the leinper of our mind 
 And these the rules by which we live 
 
 4 To do his heavenly Father's will 
 
 Was his employment and delight : 
 Humility and holy zeal 
 Shone through his life divinely bright. 
 
 113 Birth of Christ U , I O 
 
 BRIGHTEST and best of the sans of ih* 
 morning, 
 Dawn on our darkness and lend us thy aiti 
 Star of the east ! the horizon adorning, 
 Guide where our infant Redeemer is .ai^ 
 Z Gold on his cradle the dew- drops are shining 
 Low lies hie head with the beasts of the 
 stall : 
 Aneels adore him, m slumber reclining, 
 Makei und Monarch, and Saviour of al 
 S6 
 
CHRIST. 11*, I 15 
 
 3 Sav, shall vre yield him, m costly devotion, 
 
 Odours of Eden and offerings divine ; 
 Gem of the mountains, and pearl of the ocean 
 Myrrh from the forest, or gold trom th^ 
 mine ? 
 
 4 Vainly we offer each ample oblatior. ; 
 
 Vainly vnth gold would his favour eecrr* , 
 Richer by far is the heart's adoration . 
 Dearer to God are the praVere of the poor 
 
 114 Eternal Life m Christ alone O . M 
 
 1 r O RD I snould we leave thy hallowed feoi 
 Lj To whom could we repair ? 
 
 Where else such holy comforts meei, 
 As spring eternal there ? 
 
 2 Unmingled joys are thine to give, 
 
 And undecaying peace ; 
 For thou canst teach us so to hve 
 Tliat hfe shall never cease. 
 
 3 Thou only canst the cheering words 
 
 . Of endless life supply ; 
 Anointed of the Lord of lords, 
 The Son of God Most High 1 
 
 115 Christ the Shepherd. ^ ^' ^ 
 OEE the kind Shepherd, Jesua, eiana;^ 
 O With ail engaging charma , 
 
 ffark, how he calls the tender lambs 
 And folds them m his arms. 
 
 ? Permit them to approach, he cries 
 Nor scorn their humble name ; 
 For 'twas to bless such souls sia th^se. 
 The Lord of angela came 
 
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 3 Ho' 11 lead us to the heavenly streams 
 Where living watera flow ; 
 And guide us to the fruitful fields 
 Where trees of knowledge grow. 
 
 The feeblest lamb amidst the flock 
 
 Shall be its Shepherd's care : 
 While folded in the Saviour's arma 
 
 We're safe from every snare. 
 
 I 1 O Humility and Lovs of Christ. ' ' * ^ 
 
 i ITTTIEN Jesus left his Father's throna. 
 VV He chose an humble birth ; 
 And ail unhonoured and unknown, 
 He came to dwe'l on earth. 
 
 2 Like him may we, be found beiow. 
 
 In wisdom's path of peace ; 
 Like him in grace and knowledge grow, 
 As years and strength mcrease. 
 
 3 Sweet were his words, and kind his look 
 
 When mothers round him pressed ; 
 Their infants in his arms he took, 
 And on his bosom blessed. 
 
 4 Safe from the world's alluring charms, 
 
 Beneath his watchful eye, 
 Thus in the circle of his arms 
 May we for ever lie 
 
 I 17 '' Suffer Itttle Children to &0fn4.*' C. M 
 
 YOUNG children once to Jesus (sme, 
 His blessmg to entreat ; 
 And I may humbly do the ^am^ 
 Before hi« mercy ee»i 
 6li 
 
3 For when iheAi feeble hands were apresci. 
 And ben> each infant knee, 
 '* Forbid them not," the Saviour bald 
 A.nd so he says oi me. 
 3 Though now he is not here below, 
 Wc know his holy will ; 
 To him may littie children go, 
 And seek a blessing still. 
 i Well pleased that little flock to see. 
 The Saviour kindly smiled ; 
 O then he will not frown on me. 
 Because I am a child. 
 
 5 For as so many years ago, 
 
 Children his pity drew, 
 I'm sure he will not let me go 
 Without a blessing too. 
 
 6 Then while th's favour to implore. 
 
 My little hands are spread. 
 Do tnou thy sacred blessings pour, 
 Lord Jesus, on my head. 
 
 118 The Shepherd. CM 
 
 i T^HOU art our Shepherd, gracious Lord 
 1 Thy Httle flock behold ; 
 And guide us by thy staff and rod, 
 
 As children of thy fold. 
 We praise thy name that we are brought 
 
 To this dellijhtful place ; 
 Where we are watched, and warne<l, ai " 
 
 taught, 
 As children of thy grace. 
 ? O may our teachers, toiling nere, 
 Meet life at last aoove ; 
 And tney and we in heaven appear. 
 As children o\ thy love. 
 
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119, 13IO aoir gpitFBf. 
 
 HOLY SPIRIT 
 
 119 Prayer for tks Spirit ta* M 
 
 DESCEND from heaven, immortai Dove, 
 Stoop down and take us on thy wings. 
 And mount, and bear us far above 
 The reach of thesf^ inferior things : 
 1 Beyond, beyond this lower sky, 
 Up where eternal ages roll ; 
 Where solid pleasures never die, 
 And fruits immortal feast the soul, 
 3 O for a sight, a pleasing sight, 
 
 Of our Almighty Father's throne'. 
 There sits our Saviour crowned with light 
 Clothed in a body like our own. 
 ♦ Adoring saints around him stand, 
 
 And thrones and powers before him fail ; 
 The God shines gracious through the man, 
 And sheds sweet glories on them all. 
 5 O what amazing joys they feel, 
 
 While to their golden harps they oing 
 And sit on every heavenly hill, 
 And spread the triumphs of their Kmy^ ! 
 
 120 Prayer for Sanct\JUanon S. M 
 \ piOME, Holy Spini, come, 
 
 Kj Let thy bright beams arise ; 
 Dispel the sorrow from our minds. 
 
 The darkness from our eyes. 
 I Revive our droopmg faith, 
 
 Our doubts and fears remove ; 
 And kindle in our breasts the flam© 
 
 Oi never dying love. 
 
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isOlil SPIHfT. 121, B3^ 
 
 S 'Tis thuie lo cleanse the hea.n 
 To sanciifv rhe soul, 
 Topou»* tVesh life in every part. 
 And new-croate the whole. 
 4 If thou, celestial Dove. 
 
 Thine influence dost withdraw 
 What easy victims soon we fall 
 To terror, sin, and law. 
 > Dwell, therefore, in our hearts, 
 Oar minds from hondao^e free; 
 Then shall we know, ana praise and lotr.- 
 The Father, Son, and Thee. 
 I 4I J Ivjiuenee of the SpirU. L' ^ 
 
 1 /^l)ME, Holy Spirit, cahii my mind, 
 \.J And fit me to approach my God ; 
 Remove each vain, each worldly thought 
 
 And lead me to thy blest abode. 
 
 2 Hast thou imparted to my soul 
 
 A living spark of holy fire ? 
 O kindle now the sacred flame, 
 Make me to burn with purc'deeire. 
 
 3 A brighter faith and hope impart, 
 
 And let me now my Saviour uee ; 
 O soothe and cheer my burdened hean, 
 And bid my spirit rest in thee. 
 m!j2 The Spirits It^uence. C, U 
 
 1 OOME, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, 
 (^ V-^ With all thy quickening powers; 
 Kindle a flame of sacred love 
 In these cold hearts of ours. 
 7 Look how we grovel here belcw. 
 Fond of these trifling toys ; 
 Our souls can nehher fly r.or $50 
 To reach eternal joys. 
 
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123 THE L«R3'g-IIJlY, 
 
 i In vain we tune our formal song®, 
 L'j vain we strive to rist? ; 
 Hoaannas languish on our tongues. 
 And our devotion dies. 
 
 i bear Lord ! and shall we ever lie 
 At this poor dying rate ? 
 Our love so faint, so cold to thee, 
 And thine to us so great ! 
 
 i Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, 
 With all thy quickening powers ; 
 Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love. 
 And that shall kindle ours. 
 
 THE LORD'S-DAY. 
 
 I 4© O Prayer for the Sabbath. * 8 
 
 I Maiier of the Sabbath-day, 
 Teach us how to praise and pray ; 
 Thou this blessed day hast given. 
 To prepare our souls for heaven, 
 
 1 Giver of eternal rest, 
 Be thy glorious Gospel blest ; 
 Thou alone canst change the heart 
 Thou alone canst peace impart. 
 
 3 P.uler of the earth and aky, 
 Lord of all below, on high ; 
 Make the young, as well as old, 
 She^p of thy eternal fold 
 79 
 
THl IiOHD'8-DiiY I>J4, IM 
 
 i Friend of chdldren, hear our prayer ; 
 
 Let no trifling feelings dare 
 
 Steal the precious hours away, 
 
 Of this sacred Sabbath-day. 
 i 24 Sabbath Morning. 8. M 
 
 1 '^p HE night is past and gone, 
 
 -1 The Sabbath sun I see; 
 Now may 1 rise to see thy grace 
 Again renewed to me. 
 
 2 I humbly bow in prayer, 
 
 And supplicate thy throne ; 
 
 Forgiveness seek for foihes past. 
 
 And all thy goodness own. 
 
 3 O condescena lo hear 
 While I attempt to pray ; 
 
 And guard me safe from harm anu sin 
 Through oil this Sabbath-day 
 
 4 Let not my heart forget 
 Thy iiindness and thy love ; 
 
 Who gav'si for us thy Son to die, 
 That we might live above. 
 6 O let thy word of grace 
 
 My heart and mind employ ; 
 And in the Sabbath-school this day 
 May I its light enjoy. 
 6 Let all my days and nights, 
 As they revolve aroand, 
 Be spent in doing all thy will : 
 Thus shall my peace abound. 
 125 Lovt of the Sahbaik. L M 
 
 I T LOVE to have the Sabbath come, 
 X For then I rise and quit my home ; 
 And haste to school with cheerful air, 
 To meet iry dearest teachers there. 
 
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1586 THU man »-i>At. 
 
 2 'Tis iliere I'm always taught !o pray 
 That God would bless me day by day , 
 And safely guard, and ^uide me still, 
 And help me to obey his will. 
 
 3 'Tis there I sing a Saviour's love, 
 Which brought him from his throne abo'yt 
 And made him suflfer, bleed, and die, 
 
 For sinful creatures, such as I. 
 From all the lessons I obtain, 
 May I a store of knowledge gain; 
 And early seek my Saviour's face, 
 And gain from him supplies of grace. 
 5 And then, through life's remaining days. 
 I'll love to sing my Saviour's praise ; 
 And bless the kmdness and the grace 
 That brought me to this sacred place. 
 
 l-iaO Lord* s-day Morning, '-^« ^ 
 
 THIS is the day when Christ arose 
 So early from the dead ; 
 Why should 1 keep my eyelids closed, 
 And waste my hours in bed ? 
 2 This is the day when Jesus broke 
 The powers of death and /lell ; 
 And shall I still wsar Satan's yoke, 
 And love my sins so well ? 
 i To-day with pleasure Christians meet, 
 To pray and hear the word ; 
 And I would go with cheerful feel 
 To learn thy will, O Loro. 
 ^ I'll leave my sport to read and pray ; 
 And so prepare for heaven : 
 O may I love this blessed day 
 The best of all the seven. 
 7i 
 
IS? The everUistinff '^aI}bafJi. "^'s. 
 
 1 OOON will set the Sabbath sun 
 O Soon the sacred day be gone ' 
 But a sweeter rest remains, 
 Where the glorious Saviour reigne. 
 
 2 Pleasant is the Sabbath bell, 
 Seeming much of joy to tell ; 
 Kind our teachers are to-day, 
 (n the school we love to stay. 
 
 3 But a music, sweeter far, 
 Breathes where angel-spints are, 
 Hiffher far than earthly strains, 
 Where the rest of God remains. 
 
 4 Shall we ever rise to dwell 
 Where immortal praises swell ? 
 And can children ever go 
 Where eternal Sabbaths glow ? 
 
 5 Yes : — that rest our own may be, 
 All the good shall Jesus see ; 
 For the good a rest remains, 
 Where the glorious Saviour reigns 
 
 I tl8 Sabbath Evening' 6'*^ 
 
 I n^HE light of Sabbath eve 
 I Is fading fast away ; 
 What record will it leave. 
 
 To crown the closing day f 
 Is it a Sabbath spent. 
 
 Of fruitless time destroyed f 
 Or have these moments lent. 
 Been sacredly employed i 
 
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t%9 TH» lOBD^S-CAT- 
 
 I How dreadfal and how drear, 
 
 In yon dark world of pain, 
 Will Sabbaths lost appear, 
 
 That cannot come again. 
 Then in that hopeless place, 
 
 The wretched soul will say 
 " I had those hours of grace. 
 
 But cast them all away." 
 ! To waste these Snbbath hours, 
 
 O may we never dare ; 
 Nor taint with thoughts of ouh 
 
 These sacred days of prayer : 
 But may our Sabbaths here 
 
 Inspire our hearts with love ; 
 And prove a foretaste clear 
 Of that sweet rest above. 
 
 129 Evening Thoughu. L. M. 
 
 1 IVTY days on earth how swift they run, 
 iVi Another Sabbath's nearly gone; 
 And who can tell but this may be 
 
 The only Sabbath I shall see. 
 
 2 Since 1 am not too young lo die, 
 I would at once to Jesus fly ; 
 
 His precious blood, for sinners spilt 
 Can wash away the foulest guilt. 
 
 J I would his word of truth believe 
 That little children he'll receive ; 
 Their feeble prayer will not disdam, 
 Nor shall they seek \m (ace in vain, 
 
 I On this dear friend may 1 rely ; 
 Then, should I soon be called to di®, 
 I need not fear, for death would b« 
 A welcome messenger to me. 
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TBJi LOTin »-T)AT 1 30, 13 J 
 
 1«J50 Prayer for a Blessing . ^y'^ 
 
 1 TT fiA VENLY Father I gram thy b'>e'iairii 
 in On the instructions of this day ; 
 Thai our hearts, thy fear possessing, 
 
 May from sin be tu» led away, 
 
 2 We are lold thy power can reach U8 
 
 Whatsoever place we're m ; 
 
 And the Holy Scriptures teach us 
 
 Thou wih surely punish sin. 
 
 3 We have wandered, O forgive ua ! 
 
 We have wished from truth to rove , 
 Turn, O turn us, and receive us, 
 And incline our hearts to love. 
 
 ^ We have learned that Christ the Saviouj 
 Lived to teach us what if .^^ood ; 
 Died to gam for us thy faw/ur, 
 And redeem us by his blood. 
 
 6 For his sake, O God, forgive us ! 
 Guide us to that happy nome, 
 fVhere the Saviour will receive ua. 
 And where sin can ne%er come. 
 
 I til 77i« Heavenly Rest. !•• ^ 
 
 1 ''pHINE earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we 'yvf 
 
 1 But there's a nobler rest above : 
 Thy servants to that rest aspire 
 With ardent hope and strong desire. 
 
 2 There languor nhall no more oppress ; 
 rhf» heart shall feel no more distress 
 No groans shall mingle with the songu 
 That dwell upon immortal tongues. 
 
I32» 133 THiL lord's-bat. 
 
 B No gloomy cares shall there annoy, 
 No conscious guilt disturb cur joy : 
 But every doubt and fear shall cease. 
 And oeriect love j?ive perfect peace. 
 
 4 When r i*.all that glorious day begin, 
 Beyond the reach of death and sin ; 
 Whose &un shall never more decline, 
 But with unfading lustre shine v 
 
 IJ52 The Heavenly Sabbath. j^. y 
 
 1 A N OTHER SIX days' work is done, 
 -tx. Another Sabbath is begun ; 
 Return, my soul, enjoy thy rest, 
 Improve the. day that God hath blest. 
 
 2 Come, bless the Lord, whose love assign* 
 So sweet a resi to wearied minds ; 
 Draws us away from earth to heaven, 
 And gives this day the food of seven. 
 
 3 O may our prayers and praises rise 
 As erateful incense to the skies ; 
 
 And draw from heaven that sweet repose. 
 Whicn none but he who feels it knowss 
 
 4 In holy duties may the day, 
 [n holy pleasures pass away ; 
 Hjw sweet a Sabbath thus to spenti 
 In hope of one that ne'er shall end 
 
 I OO The Heathen have no Sabbath. ^ J^^ 
 
 ONCE more we keep the sacred day 
 That saw the Saviour ria?? , 
 Once more we rune our thankful mug 
 To hiir that rules Uu ?kiec. 
 7 
 
THK iord's-da\ 134 
 
 2 Wfia: numbers vainly spend these aoufis 
 That are to Jesus due I 
 Children and parents how ihey em ! 
 And how they perish too. 
 I But we. a happier tew, are taught 
 The belter paths of truth ; 
 We iiail, once more, the plan of iov® 
 That pities wandering youth. 
 t Our foolish hearts are prone to en ; 
 Too oft we fmd it so ; 
 O may the God of grace forgive. 
 And better hearts bestow. 
 b O may the God who gave our life, 
 And thus far leads us on, 
 Be pleased to tram our youthful mind» 
 To know and love his Son- 
 
 I 34 This is God's Day. ^' ^ 
 
 1 ''I^HiS day belongs to God alone, 
 
 JL This day he chooses for hie) own , 
 And we must neither work nor play , 
 Because it is God's holy day. 
 
 2 'Tis well to have one day m seven. 
 That we may learn the way to heaven ; 
 Then let us spend it as we should, 
 
 In serving God and bemg good. 
 ^ We ought, lo-day, to learn and seek 
 What we may think of all the week 
 And be the better every day, 
 For what we hear our teachers say. 
 And every Sabbath should be paaa^ti 
 As if we knew it were our last ; 
 What would the dying Bmriet giT<t 
 To hav« on* Sabbath more lo Hvw 
 
135 THE LORL»'s-l)Af 
 
 I olj> Sabbath Employments. i^« ^ 
 
 SWEEl* is the work, my God, my Kmg 
 To praise thy name, give, thanks, and 
 sing ; 
 To show thy love by morning light, 
 A nd talk of all thy tritth at nighl. 
 
 Sweet is the day of sacred rest, 
 o mortal cares shall seize my breast • 
 may my heart in tune be found, 
 ike David's harp of solemn sound ! 
 
 3 My heart shall triumph in my Lord. 
 And bless his works, and bless his word , 
 Thy works of grace, how bright they shine? 
 How deep thy counsels ! how divine ! 
 
 4 Fools never raise their thoughts so high . 
 Like brutes they live, like brutes they di'ej 
 Like grass they flourish, till thy breath 
 Blasts them in everlasting death. 
 
 5 But I shall share a glorious part, 
 When grace hath well refined my heart, 
 And fresh supplies of joy are shed 
 Like holy oil, to cheer my head. 
 
 ^ Sin my worst enemy before, 
 
 •Shall vex my eyes and oars no more 
 My inward foes shall all be slain, 
 Not Satan break my peace again. 
 
 7 Then stiall I see, and hear, and know 
 All I desired or wished below ; 
 And every power find sweet «>mpbv 
 lis that aterAal worif' e^f Jo? - 
 
§30 Sabbaths will soon be ov -. "^ * 
 
 1 OEE ! another week is gone : 
 
 O Quickly have the mmutes |. *si 
 This wo enter now upon 
 
 WiU to many prove their last. 
 Mercy hitherto has spaied, 
 
 B jt have mercies been improved « 
 Let us ask, Am I prepared, 
 
 Should I be this week rrmoveH ? 
 
 2 Seme we now no longer see, 
 
 Who their mortal race have run, 
 Seemed as fair for life as we 
 
 When the former week begun. 
 While we pray, and while we hear. 
 
 Help us, Lord, each one, to think ; 
 Vast eternity is near, 
 
 I am standing on the brink. 
 
 l04 Punctuality. ^ ^ 
 
 THE clock has struck, I c;annot ota? 
 let me rise and haste away : 
 ni quit my bed, and leave my iiome, 
 l^he hour of school at length is come. 
 2 I would be there when prayer begms. 
 To seek the pardon of my sms ; 
 vd ask the favour of the Lord, 
 And pray to understand his word. 
 
 shall my teachers wait m vain 
 While my neglect must give them ptin ? 
 No, let me rather strive to be 
 
 First of their little family. 
 4 These Sabbath-days will soon be o'®!, 
 And 1 shall go to school no mora , 
 
 1 would no; then endure the pans 
 Of having apem my tmie m vain 
 
 r m 
 
t38 14WJ THE LORDS-DAT. 
 
 1 Oo Invitation to Pratse- J"» M 
 / n^HUS far we're spared again to meet 
 
 JL Beiore Jehovah's mer<;y-seat; 
 To seek his lace, to praise and pray. 
 And hail another Sabbath-day. 
 
 2 Lei every tongue its silence break. 
 Let every tongue his goodness speak 
 Who deigns his glory to display 
 
 On each returning Sabbath-day. 
 
 I *l^ Invitation to Praise- ^'' ^ 
 
 1 OOME, let us join with one accord 
 V_y In hymns around the throne ; 
 This is the day our risen Lord 
 
 Hath made and called his own. 
 
 2 This is the day which God hath bleat, 
 
 The brightest of the seven ; 
 Type of that everlasting rest 
 The saints enjoy in heaven. 
 
 3 Then let us in his name sing on, 
 
 And hasten to that day 
 When our Redeemer shall come down 
 And shadows pass away. 
 
 4 Not one, but all, our days below 
 
 Let us in hymns employ ; 
 And in our Lord rejoicing go 
 To his eternal joy. 
 
 I 40 Prayer for the Sabbath. I'. ^^ 
 
 I T ORD, give us grace to put away 
 1^ Each idle thought of work and play 
 For thou, O Lord, our hearts canal lee 
 And nothing can be hid from the© 
 89 
 
THF LORn's-DlY. 1 4 t 
 
 I This is iiie aay o/ iiuly rest, 
 The Saobafh-day which thuii hast biRst ; 
 
 ritay we all thy will ul)ey, 
 And holy keep ihe Sabbaih-day. 
 
 ■ 411. How sweet is tkt Sabhatk. lib 
 
 1 f TOW sweet is the Sabbath, ihe morniuf 
 jlI o^ rest ; 
 
 The day of the week which 1 surely ovt 
 
 best ; 
 The morning my Saviour arose trorn ihf 
 
 tomb, 
 And took from the grave all its terror hkc 
 
 gloom. 
 
 2 O let me be thoughtful and prayerful to-day, 
 And not spend a minute m trifling or play ; 
 Remembering ihese seasons were graciously 
 
 given 
 To leach me to seek, and prepare me for 
 heaven. 
 
 8 In the house of my God, in his presence and 
 
 fear. 
 When I worship to-day, may a ali b© 
 
 sincere ; 
 In the school when I learn, may I do ii wiih 
 
 care, 
 And be grai^jful to those who watch over m 
 
 there. 
 
 I Instruct me. my Saviour a child though I be 
 
 1 am not too young to be noticed by thee ; 
 Renew all my heart, keep rne firm in thy 
 
 ways, 
 f would lovo thee, and «erve thee, and give 
 th'ie the praise. 
 
14/J, 143 THK Lt»RD 8 DAS. 
 
 i ^4^ J^otf/ io behave in OotVs House. ^ . M 
 
 ' W^ ought to speak wilh humble fear 
 ^ ^ Whenever we knee! down ro pray • 
 Bi8 holy word with reverence hear, 
 And never break the Sabbath-day. 
 
 a But as there will be much amiss, 
 Whatever care and pains we take, 
 We'll beg the Lord to pardon this, 
 And hear our prayers for Jesus' sake. 
 
 i.4«i Welcome to the Sahhath. S M 
 
 1 117ELC0ME, sweet day of rest, 
 
 V V That saw the Lord arise 
 Welcome to this reviving breast, 
 And these rejoicing eyes ! 
 
 2 The King himself comes near, 
 And feasts his saints to-day ; 
 
 Here we may sit, and see him here. 
 And love, and praise, ard pray. 
 
 3 One day amidst the place 
 Where my dear Lord hath been 
 
 Is sweeter than ten thousand day» 
 Of pleasurable sin. 
 
 My willing soul would stay. 
 In 3uch a frame as this, 
 And sit and smg herself 9WS|f 
 To everlasting bliss. 
 
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THR BtBr*. 144, 14* 
 
 THE BIBLE 
 
 144 Use of the. BibU T^ 
 \ ITOLY Bible! book divine ! ' 
 
 -O. Pi'eciou8 treasure ! thou art mine ' 
 
 Mine, to tell me whence I carne ; 
 
 Mine, to teach me what I am. 
 I Mine, to chide me when I rove ; 
 
 Mine, to show a Saviours love ; 
 
 Mine art thou to guide my feet, 
 
 Mine, to judge, condemn, acquit. 
 3 Mine, to comfort in distress, 
 
 If the Holv Spirit bless ; 
 
 Mine, to onow by hving faith 
 
 Man can triumph over death. 
 * Mine,- to tell of joys to come, 
 
 Arfd the rebel sinner's doom, 
 
 O thou precious book div me ! 
 
 Precious treasure ! thou art mine ! 
 
 145 Instruction from the Bible. L. P. M 
 
 1 T LOVE the volume of thy word; 
 
 X What light .and joy those leaves affar-^i 
 To souls benighted and distressed ! 
 
 Thy precepts guide my doubtful way. 
 
 Thy fear forbids my feet to stray, 
 Thy promise leads my heart to rest- 
 
 2 Thy threatenings wake my slumbering ey^p 
 And warn me where my danger lies ; 
 
 Bu^ 'tis thy blessed gospel. Lord, 
 That iTiakes my guilty conscience clean. 
 Converts my soul, «ubdues my sin, 
 
 And gives a free, but large '•eward 
 
 8d 
 
141^6, 14^7 THF STTILB. 
 
 H Who knows .he error? of his th'ju^hiaf 
 My God. forgive mv secret fauhs, 
 
 And from presumptuous si-ns restrain , 
 Accept my poor attempts of praise, 
 That I have read thy book of grace 
 
 And book of nature not in vain. 
 
 116 The BiUt gives Peaet. L. M 
 
 /^ OD is the refuge of his saints, 
 ^ y When storms of sharp distre-ss* invade, 
 Pre we can offer our complaints, 
 Behold him present with his aid. 
 
 2 Loud may the troubled ocean roar ; 
 
 In sacred peace our souls abide ; 
 While every nation, every shore, 
 Trembles, and dreads the swellhi^ tide. 
 
 3 That sacred book, thy holy word, 
 
 AH our distressing fear controls ; • 
 Sweet peace thy promises afford, * 
 And g;ive new strength to fainting souis. 
 
 I 47 The Bible a Treasure. O. M 
 
 I n^^HIS is the field vvhere hidden lie8 
 X The pearl of price unknown ; 
 That merchant is divinely wise 
 Who makes that pear, his own. 
 f Here consecrated water flows, 
 To quench our thirst of sin ; 
 Here the fair tree of knowledge grow* 
 Nor danger dwells therein. 
 3 This is the judge that ends the fttnte^ 
 Where vnt and reason fail ; 
 Our guide to everlasting life 
 Through all this gloomy vaye* 
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THX Bl»L^, 148, lfJ5 
 
 4 may thv counsels, mighty Gtd, 
 
 Our roving feet command ; 
 
 Nor we fonsake the nappy road 
 
 That leads to thy right hand. 
 
 1 18 How to read the Bible. C IM 
 
 1 FESUb, my Saviour and my Lord, 
 J To thee T lift mine eyes ; 
 f'each and instruct me by thy word. 
 
 And make me truly wise. 
 
 2 Make me to know and understand 
 
 Thy whole revealed will ; 
 P'ain would I learn to comprehend 
 Thy love more clearly still. 
 
 ? Help me to read the Bible o'er 
 With ever new delight : 
 Help me to love its author more ; 
 To seek thee day and night. 
 
 i O let it purify my heart, 
 
 And guide me all my days ; 
 fts wonders, Lord, to me impart, 
 And thou shalt have the praise. 
 
 •I 19 Praise for the BibU. C. M. 
 
 */^REAT God, with wonder and with 
 \T praise 
 
 On all thy works I look ; 
 Bui still thy wisdom, power, and grace. 
 Shine brightest in thy book. 
 
 % Here would I learn how Christ has died, ' 
 To save my soul from hell : 
 Not all th€ books on earth beside. 
 Such heavenly wonders toll 
 
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i50, 151 THE BIBLJB. 
 
 3 Then let. me love my Bible more, 
 
 And take a fresh delight 
 By day to read these wonders o'er, 
 And meditate by night. 
 
 150 What the Bible tells us. L. !M 
 
 ( npHIS is a precious book indeed ; 
 X Happy the child that loves to read 
 'Tis God's own word, which he hath gives'? 
 To show our souls the way to heaven !' 
 
 i It tells us how the world was made ; 
 And how good men the Lord obeyed ; 
 And his commands are in it too, 
 To teach us what we ought to do. 
 
 9 It bids us all from sin to fly, 
 Because our souls can never die : 
 It points to heaven, where angels dwell, 
 And warns us to escape from hell. 
 
 4 But what is more than all beside, 
 The Bible tells us, Jesus died ; 
 This is its first, its chief intent, 
 To lead poor sinners to repent. 
 
 •) Let us be thankful that we may 
 Read this good Bible every day ; 
 And learn the way that God hath given, 
 To lead our souls to peace and heaven. 
 
 1 51 The Guide of ths Younff. C. M 
 
 HOW shall the yo^ang secure their hea . 
 And guard their lives from sin ? 
 Thy word the choicest rules imparts, 
 To keep the conscier.ee clean. 
 
 2 Thy word is everlasting truth ; 
 
 How pure is every page ! 
 O may its precepts guide our youtk. 
 Ana *^ell support our ai?e. 
 
THE BIBLB. I&2. 1 S3 
 
 3 Tl* like the sun, a heavenly light, 
 
 That guides us all the day ; 
 A.nd througli the dangers of the nighi, 
 A lamp to lead our way 
 
 4 Lord, send thy word to every heart 
 
 By thine almighty voice: 
 Early from sin may we depart. 
 And make thy love our choice 
 
 I 52 The Seed of the Word. C. .^ 
 
 1 A LMIGHTY God! thy word is cast 
 /jL Like seed into the ground ; 
 Now let the dew of heaven descend. 
 
 And righteous fruits abound. 
 
 2 Let not the foe of Christ and man 
 
 This holy seed remove ; 
 But give it root in every heart, 
 To bring forth fruits of love. 
 
 3 Let not the world's deceitful cares 
 
 The rising plant destroy ; 
 But let it yield a hundred-fold, 
 The fruits of peace and joy. 
 
 4 Oft as the precious seed is sown, 
 
 Thy quickening grace bestow, 
 That all, whose souls the Truth receive, 
 Its saving power may know. 
 I 5*1 Reading the Bible L- M 
 
 I T^triTH humble prayer, O may I read 
 VV Whate'er shall to my Saviour lead 
 And may his Spirit now impart 
 A lowly mind, a thankful heart. 
 I Be thou my teacher and my guide 
 That what I read may be apoTied ; 
 My danger and my refuge show, 
 A.nd let me thy salvation knew. 
 
ft64, 155 WORSHIP. 
 
 I 54 God's fVord a Treasure. 6< ' 
 
 I IT 7 HAT a mercy, what a treasuis 
 VV We possess in God's own word 
 Whure we read wi^h sacred pleasure 
 Of the love of Christ our Lord. 
 
 3 That blest word reveals the Saviour 
 
 Whom our souls so deeply need, 
 what mercy, love, and favour, I 
 
 That for sinners Christ should bleed * 
 < While each wretched heathen nation 
 
 Nothing knows, dear Lord, of thee, 
 In this happy land, salvation 
 
 Clearly is revealed to me. 
 
 4 O the blessedness of knowing 
 
 Chris, our Saviour's pr-ecious love 
 Freely on a child bestowing 
 Grace and mercy from above. 
 
 WO RSHIP. 
 
 1 5& fVorshtp of God delightful. L. M 
 
 \ J ORD, hov/ delightful 'tis to see 
 LJ A whole assembly worship thee 
 At once they sing, rft once they pray, 
 They hear of heaven, and learn the way, 
 
 2 I have been there, and stili wou'd go , 
 'Tis like a taste of heaven below • 
 Not all my pleasures and my piay 
 Shall tempt me to forget this day, 
 
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woiisHip. 156, 15^ 
 
 S O write upon my memory, Lord 
 The text and doctrine cl thy woid ; 
 That I may break thy lavvs no more, 
 But love thee better than before. 
 
 4 With thoughts of Christ and things divine 
 Fill up this foohsh heart of mine ; 
 
 That hoping pardon through his blood, 
 I may he down, and wake with God. 
 
 I <>6 Sin minified with Worship. L. M 
 
 1 l"f7HEN I frequent the house of prayer 
 
 W I go and sit with otiiers there; 
 I hear, and sing, and seem to pray, 
 But oft my mind is called away. 
 
 2 I fain would see the Saviour near. 
 
 Of liim would Uiink, and speak, and hear 
 But vain and sinful thoughts intrude, 
 And draw my soul from what id good 
 
 5 Redeemed from earth by Jesus' blood, 
 I fain would give the day to God ; 
 But seldom to my purpose true, 
 
 'Tis mine to plan, but not to do. 
 4 Of sinners, Lord, T am the chief; 
 O bring my burdened heart reliet . 
 Revive thy work within my soul 
 And all my thoughts and powers contro. 
 
 1 57 Trifiinff in Worship. L M. 
 i f N God's own house for me to play. 
 
 1- While Christia.is meet to hear and pray, 
 
 Is to profane his holy place. 
 
 And tempt the Almighty to his face. 
 
 2 When angels bow before the Lord, 
 And devils tremble at his word. 
 Shall 1, a feeble mortal, dare 
 
 To mock, and sport, and trifle there ? 
 
 91 
 
168, 159 wonsaiw. 
 
 3 Great God, compassionate and miM. 
 Forgive the follies of a child , 
 Teach me to pray and love thy word, 
 That I may learn to serve the Lord. 
 
 i »>0 How to behave during Worship. *-«• M 
 
 WHEN to the house of God we go, 
 To hear his word, and sing his love. 
 We ought to worship him below. 
 As saints and angels do above. 
 
 2 They stand before his presence now, 
 
 And praise him better far than we 
 Who only at his footstool bow, 
 And love him, whom we cannot sec. 
 
 3 But God is present everywhere, 
 
 And watches all our thoughts and ways 
 He marks who humbly join in pruyer. 
 And who sincerely sing his praise. 
 
 4 The triflers, too, his eye can see, 
 
 Who only seem to take a part ; 
 They move the lip, and bend the knee, 
 But do not seek him with the heart. 
 6 O may we never trifle so, 
 
 Nor lose the days our God has given ,• 
 But learn by Sabbaths here below 
 To spend eternity in heaven I 
 
 1 i59 Prayf-r for Dirtetion. ' 
 
 1 *npO thy temple 1 repair , 
 
 1 Lord, I love to worship there ; 
 While thy glorious praise is sung. 
 Touch my lips, unloose my tongue- 
 
 2 While the prayers of saints ascend, 
 God of love, to mine atteiid ; 
 flear me, for thy Spirit pleads ; 
 Hear, for Jesus intercodos. 
 
 92 
 
WORSHIP. i60, i61 
 
 3 Wniie I hearken to thy law. 
 Fill my soul with humble awe ; 
 May thy gospel bring to me 
 Life and immortahty. 
 
 4 While thy ministers proclaim 
 Peace and pardon in thy name, 
 Through their voice, by faith may i 
 Bear thee speaking irom on high. 
 
 5 Prom thy house when L return, 
 \]ay my heart within me burn; 
 And at evening let me say, 
 
 " 1 have walked with God to-day.' 
 
 1150 For a ffracious Mind. L. M 
 
 BLEST Jesus ! let young children claim 
 The favour to adore thy name ; 
 For thou wast meek, and we may be 
 Encouraged to draw near to thee. 
 
 2 Then to a child, great God, impart 
 An humble, meek, and lowly heart; 
 O cleanse me by thy precious blood, 
 And fill me with the love of God. 
 
 3 Though oft I sin, yet save me still, 
 And make me :ove thy sacred will ; 
 Each day prepare me by thy grace 
 To worship thee and see thy face. 
 
 1 fl I Choosing to Worship Ood. L. M. 
 
 WHILE wicked boys and girls we m^-et, 
 Breaking the Sabbath in tlrt street 
 vli.sspending all rhat holy day 
 In foolish talk or idle play ; 
 
 2 We to thy sacred house of praye^ 
 With gratitude would oft repair, 
 
 To adore thy name, and seek th) face, 
 Ajid hear tho messages of grace 
 
 93 
 
I6«, 163 woHSHip. 
 
 3 The tnitfis thy gospel, Lord, imparts, 
 Apply with power to all our hearts ; 
 Whilst thou art calling, make us hear. 
 And worship thee with holy fear. 
 
 liMi Love to the Church. S. M 
 
 I LOVE thy Zion, Lord! 
 The house of thy abode ; 
 The church, O blest Redeemer \ saved 
 With thy own precious blood. 
 
 2 I love thy church, O God ! 
 Her walls before thee stand, 
 
 Dear as the apple of thine eye 
 And graven on thy hand. 
 
 3 If e'er to bless thy sons 
 My voice or hands deny : 
 
 These hands let useful skill forsake. 
 This voice in silence die. 
 
 4 If e'er my heart forget 
 Her welfare or her wo : 
 
 Let every joy this heart forsake. 
 And every grief o'erflow. 
 6 For her my tears shall fall , 
 For her my prayers ascend ; 
 To her my cares and toils be given. 
 Till toils and cares shall end. 
 6 Beyond my highest joy 
 I prize her heavenly ways, 
 Her sweet communion, solemn vowa, 
 Her hymns of love and praise. 
 
 163 The Word sown, S. M 
 
 1 l^ATHER of mercies ! hear 
 
 A The notes that children raiaw? ; 
 To our request bow diwn thy c-ar. 
 And hearken to oui praise. 
 94 
 
IIH 
 
 % Within our hearts, the seed 
 i)i sacred irmh is sown ; 
 Bui, Lord! ihe blessing that we neea 
 Must come from thee alone. 
 
 3 Thai eeed will buried lie 
 Tik thou the increase give ; 
 
 Vet then, although it seem to die, 
 It shall revive and hve. 
 
 4 Then, though the sower weep, 
 Ere long, with thankful von-e. 
 
 Both he who sows and they who reap 
 Together shall rejoice. 
 
 5 Thou dost the seed prepare, 
 And make it spring when sown , 
 
 And if a hundred-fold it bear, 
 The praise is all thy own. 
 
 ' 1 64: Feeding with the Word. 8, 1 
 
 1 QAVIOUR ! who thy fiock art feeding 
 O With the shepherd's kindest care, 
 All the feeble gently leading, 
 
 While the lambs thy bosom share ; 
 
 2 Now these little ones receiving, 
 Fold them in thy gracious arm ; 
 
 I'here, we know, thy word believing 
 Only there, they're safe from harm. 
 
 S Never from thy pasture roving, 
 Ii€t them be the lion's prey ; 
 Let thy tenderness, so loving 
 Keep them through life's dangerouo w©^ 
 4 Then within thy fold eternal, 
 Let them fhid a resting-place ; 
 Feed in pastures ever vernal. 
 Ormk ^he rivers of ihy grace. 
 
 96 
 
i6*, 166 woRHHiy. 
 
 I O^ On opening a Place of Worship. t3» M 
 
 1 r^REAT P^ppheid of thy people, here 
 VX Thy presence now display ; 
 
 As thou hast given a place for prayer, 
 So give us hearts to pray. 
 
 2 Show ua some token of thy love, 
 
 Our fainting hope to raise ; 
 And pour thy blessings from abov-e, 
 
 That we may render praise. 
 <i ^v ithin these walls let holy peace, 
 
 And love, and concord dwell ; 
 Here give the troubled conscience e^ie 
 
 The wounded spirit heal. 
 
 4 The feeling heart, the melting eyo 
 
 The humble mind bestow ; 
 And shine upon us from on high, 
 To make our graces grow. 
 
 5 May we in faith receive thy word. 
 
 In faith present our prayers ; 
 And, in the presence of our Lord, 
 Unbosom all our cares. 
 
 6 And may the gospel's joyful sound 
 
 Enforced by mighty grace, 
 
 Awaken many sinners round 
 
 To come and fill the place. 
 
 166 The Peace of Ood. B, t 
 
 VISIT, Lord, thy habitation ! 
 Breathe thy peace on all therein 4 
 Peace, ine foretaste of Salvation ; 
 Peace the seal of pardoYied sin. 
 Let thy love-infusing Spirit 
 On each heart be shed abroad ; 
 Raise us, by thy boundless merit. 
 To become the sons of God. 
 96 
 
t Pnncfc of Peace, be ever near u«, 
 Y\JL in every heart thy honi^ ; 
 With thy sweet communion cheer ut», 
 
 Quickly let thy kingdom come. 
 «Vnbwe jjJi our expectation , 
 
 Give our ruptured eoule u» prove 
 Strong, abiding consolation, 
 Heavenly, everlasting love. 
 {^^ Praytr for the Spirtt. C*. M 
 
 A LMiGHTY God! eternal Lord! 
 /"^ Thy gracious pov/er make knowB i 
 rouch, by the virtue ul thy word, 
 
 And melt the heart of atone. 
 2 Speaiv with a voice that wakes thy de*«4i 
 
 And bid the sleeper rise , 
 And let his guilty conscience dread 
 
 The death that nev<^^r dies. 
 
 ■^ i^ei us receive the worU we hear 
 Each in an honest heart ; 
 Ld> up the precious treasure there, 
 And never with it pan. 
 i Mow let our darkness comprehend 
 The light that shines so clear ; 
 Now the revealing Spirit send. 
 And give us ears to hear. 
 
 I t>8 Piatu! oj f^>,r8htp d9ligktf%,i. C . Bl 
 
 i I GOD of hostB ! the mighty Lord I 
 ^-> How lovely is the place 
 Where we. with holy joy, behold 
 The brightness of thy face ! 
 1 Thrice happy they, whose choice hays the* 
 I'heir sure protection made ; 
 W ho long to tread the sacred ways 
 Which to thy dwelling lead 
 
 Q ^1 
 
169 WORSHIl* 
 
 i For God who is our sun and shield 
 Will grace and glory give ; 
 And no good thing will he withhold 
 From them that jusdy live. 
 
 i O Lord of hoflts, my King, my God, 
 How highl} blest are they, 
 Who in thy temple always dwell, 
 And there thy praise display ! 
 
 i fl9 One Family in Christ. C5 M 
 
 1 |"~^OME, let us join our friends above 
 \J Who have obtained the prize ^ 
 And on the eagle wings of love, 
 
 To joy celestial rise ; 
 Let all the saints terrestrial sing 
 
 With those to glory gone : 
 For all the servants of our King 
 
 In earth and heaven are one. 
 
 2 One family, we dwell in him, 
 
 One church above, beneath, 
 Though now divided by the stream, 
 
 The narrow stream of death. 
 One army of the living God, 
 
 To his command we bow : 
 Part of the host hava croaged tnw f^^it<i^(i^ 
 
 And part is crossing now. 
 
 I Mow manv to their endless honit 
 This solemn moment fly ! 
 And we are to the margin conkts 
 
 And we expect to die: 
 die militant, embodied host, 
 
 With wishful looks we stimd, 
 ind long 10 see that happy coot 
 h.rA reach the lieavenlv land. 
 98 
 
WORSHIP. ITO, IT I 
 
 170 " Worship Acceptably. P. M 
 
 I r\yC9 A .leurt to feel 
 
 v^ r.i«> presence where we stand 1 
 Rer.ipm'jer, as we kneel, 
 
 That God is nigh at hand, 
 And while we meet to seek him thus, 
 ^e will be gracious e'en to us. 
 ^ The sigh of one distrest 
 
 By sorrow for his sins, 
 Who humbly smites his breast, 
 
 And to serve God begins : 
 This is the voice that Grod attends, 
 And such he chooses for his friends. 
 % He knows — he knows of me, 
 
 If 1 am friend or foe ; 
 Wherever I may be, 
 
 He follows as I go : 
 Sees every wojd and thought and look, 
 And writes them in his judgment book 
 i Well may 1 think w^ith dread 
 
 On that tremendous day, 
 And hang my guilty head, 
 
 And now m earnest pray : 
 In this accepted time 1 cry, 
 " Have mercy, Lord 1 or else i A)<dy 
 
 I 7 1 Svffir us to aomc. ' 
 
 LORD, before thy throne we staiKi, 
 Once again thy children see ; 
 Smi'e upon this youthful band, 
 Suffer us to come to ihee. 
 S Whither else should children gu, 
 Weak and impotent m we f 
 Thou haat all things to bestow , 
 Suffer U8 t^» come to tb^e 
 
it^ WORSHIP. 
 
 5 Whils we here have life an^. hrca't, 
 
 This our constant prayer anciui b^, 
 This our latest sigh Id death. — 
 Sufiier us to come to thee. 
 
 I 72 Weave but ycung. t*» ^i 
 
 1 W/'E are but jroung — yet we may axti^ 
 VV The praisss of our heavenly Kii^ 
 Be made the earth, the sea, the sky, 
 .\n»l all the starry worlds on high. 
 
 2 We are but young— ^yet we have hearc/ 
 The gospe' n^wa, the heavenly word • 
 if we despise the only way, 
 Dreadful will be the judgment day. 
 
 -i We are but young — yet we must die, 
 Perhupa our latter end is nigh ; 
 L^pdj may we early seek thy grace, 
 And. find in Christ a hiding-place. 
 
 4 We are but young — we need a guide 
 J'esus, in thee we would confide ; 
 '0 lead us in the path of truth, 
 Protect and bless our helpless youth. 
 
 6 We are but young — yet God has shed 
 (Jmmnibered blessings on our head * 
 Then let our youth and riper days 
 
 Be all devoted to his piaise. 
 
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INVITING. 
 
 173 Early seek Ooi ^' ^ 
 
 1 I F you will turn away from sin 
 1 In childhood's early day, 
 
 The Lord will make you pure within, 
 And take your guilt away. 
 
 2 He'll show ycu all his matchless love. 
 
 He'll make you heirs of light, 
 And give you ^race, that you may prove 
 Still faithful m his sight. 
 
 3 He'll lead you in the pleasant way 
 
 Of holiness and peace , 
 And guide you thus to endless day, 
 Where sin and sorrow cease. 
 
 4 O stay not in the road to death, 
 
 But to the Saviour come ; 
 And, when you lose life's fleeting breath. 
 He'll send and take you home. 
 
 174 The last Call to Sinners. ^. ^. 
 
 1 ^AY, sinner, hath a voice within 
 k5 Oft whispered to thy secret soul, 
 Urged thee to leave the ways of sin, 
 
 And leave thy heart to God's control \ 
 
 2 God's Spirit will not always strive 
 
 With hardened, self- destroying man ; 
 Ye, who persist his love to grieve, 
 Way never hear his voice a^ain. 
 
 HO] 
 
IT5, 176 iVTrrive. 
 
 • Sinner perhaps this very day 
 
 Thy last accepted time may Vo ; 
 O should' St thou grieve him now away, 
 Then hope may never smile on thee. 
 
 175 The faithful Appeal. ^'^ 
 
 SINNERS, turn, why will ye dief 
 God your Maker asks you why • 
 t.Tod, who did your being give, 
 Made you with himself to live ; 
 He the fatal cause demands, 
 Asks the work of his own hands ; 
 Why, ye thankless creatures, why 
 Will ye slight his love and die ? 
 
 2 Sinners, turn, why will ye die ? 
 God your Saviour asks you why f 
 He who did your souls retrieve, 
 Died himself that you might live. 
 Will you let him aie in vain ? 
 Crucify your Lord again ? 
 Why, ye careless sinners, why 
 Will ye slight his grace, and die ? 
 
 3 Sinners, turn, why will ye die ? 
 God the Spirit asks you why ? 
 He who all your lives hath strove 
 Woo'd you to embrace his love : 
 Will ye not his grace receive ? 
 Will ye still refuse to live? 
 
 ) ye dying sinners, why. 
 Why will ye for ever die ? 
 
 i 76 The firm Resolve. C U 
 
 COME, sinner, in whose guilty breast 
 A thousand thoughts revolve, 
 Come, with your guilt and fear ooprest 
 And make this iirm resolve ; 
 
2 **ril go to Jesus, though my aia 
 Doth like a mountain rise ; 
 I kn'3w his courts, I'll enter in. 
 Perhaps he'll hear my cries, 
 ^, Prostrate I'll lie before his thron© 
 And there my guilt confess ; 
 f'll tell him I'm a wretch undone 
 Without his sovereign grace. 
 4 Perhaps he will admit my plea, 
 Perhaps will hear my prayer ; 
 But, if 1 perish, I will pray, 
 And perish only there. 
 6 I can but perish if I go ; 
 I am resolved to try ; 
 For if I stay away, I know 
 I must for ever die." 
 
 177 The Danger of Dslay. ^- M 
 
 1 TJaSTEN, O sinner, to be \^ise, 
 JLX And stay not for the monow's sun 
 The longer wisdom you despise, 
 
 The harder is she to be won. 
 
 2 O hasten mercy to implore, 
 
 And stay not for the morrow's sun ; 
 For fear thy season should be o'er 
 Before this evening's hours are gone 
 B If hasten, sinner, to return, 
 
 And stay not for the morrow's sun ; ^ 
 For fear thy lamp should cease to bum 
 Before the needful work is done. 
 2 O hasten, sinner, to be blest, 
 
 And stay not for the morrow's sun*, 
 For fear the curse shotild thee arrest 
 Before 'ne morrow is begun. 
 
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178. IT^ rwTXTis*. 
 
 I To Prsiious Tnvitatton, L. ,M 
 
 1 1 1 /"HIl/E life prolongs its precious light, 
 
 V^' Mercy is found, and peace is given 
 But eoon, ah soon ! approaching night 
 Shall blot out every hope of heaven. 
 
 2 While God invites, how blest the day 
 
 How sweet the gospel's charming aouriQ 
 Come, sinners, haste, O haste away. 
 While yet a pardoning God is ibund. 
 
 •? Soon, borne on time's untiring wing, 
 
 Shall death command you to the grave. 
 Before his bar your souls shall brin^, 
 And none be found to hear or save. 
 
 4 In that lone land of deep despair, 
 
 No Sabbath's heavenly light shall rise ; 
 No God regard your bitter prayer, 
 Nor Saviour call you to the. skies. 
 
 5 T9 God Invites. ^,'/.4, 
 
 I O INNER S, hear, for God hath spoken, 
 C!^ 'Tis the God that reigns on high ; 
 He whose law the world has broken 
 Sends yoi, tidings of great joy I 
 
 Hear his message. 
 Hear it, sinners, lest you die. 
 
 i Hear the gospel, sinners, hear it 
 
 Joyful news from heaven it brings: 
 Here's a foainain — O draw near it ! — 
 Opened by the King of kings: 
 
 Livnig water 
 Thence in streams eternal sprincs. 
 104 
 
5 Sinners, near-^wHy will you perish t 
 
 Death to life, O why prefer? 
 
 Why your vain delusions cherish { 
 
 Why from truth persist to err f 
 
 Wisdom calls you, 
 Happy they who learn of her. 
 
 180 Invitation ta Praise. C. M 
 
 COME, children, hail the Prince of peace- 
 Obey the Saviour's call ; 
 Come seek his face, and taste his grace. 
 And crown him Lord of all. 
 
 2 Ye lambs of Christ, your tribute bring, 
 
 Yc children, great and small, 
 Hosanna sing to Christ your King : 
 O crown him Lord of all. 
 
 3 This Jesus will your sins forgive, 
 
 O haste ! before him fall ; 
 For you he died, that you might live 
 
 To crown him Lord of all. 
 i Let every people, every tribe, 
 
 Around this earthly ball. 
 To him all majesty ascribe, 
 
 And crown him Lord of all. 
 
 6 All hail, the Saviour, Prince of peace, 
 
 Let saints before him fall ; 
 Let sinners seek his pardoning grace. 
 And crown him Lord of all. 
 
 181 Christ knocking. ^^* ^1 
 
 I X>KHOLD the Saviour at the door ! 
 ^ He gently knocks— has k nocKcd before 
 Haa waited long, — is waiting still, — 
 You use no other friend so ill. 
 
 105 
 
i^^ rTTVTTiiro. 
 
 ? Rise, toMched with gratitude diyin«. 
 Tarn out his enemy and thine ; 
 Turn out that hateful monster, ®in, 
 And let the heavenly stranger in. 
 
 ^ Admit him, ere his anger burn, 
 Lest he depart, and ne'er return ; 
 Admit him, or the hour's at hand 
 When at his door denied you'll stand 
 
 I oS Come, ye Sinners. 8, 7, I 
 
 C'OME, ye sinners, poor and needy, 
 ^ Weak and wounded, sick and sore ; 
 Jesus ready stands to save you, 
 Full of pity, love, and power ; 
 
 He is able. 
 He is willing, doubt no more. 
 I Now, ye needy, come and welcome, 
 God's free bounty glorify ; 
 True belief, and true repentance, 
 Every grace that brings you nigh, 
 
 Without money 
 Come to Jesus Christ and buy. 
 ? Let Bot conscience make you linger, 
 Hasten ! at his footstool fall ; 
 If you tarry till you're better, 
 You will never come at all : 
 
 Not the righteous, 
 Sinners Jesus came to call. 
 1 Agonizing in the garden, 
 
 Lo ! your Saviour prostrate Ue» 
 On the bloody tree behold him I 
 Hear him cry before he dies, 
 
 " It is finished '" 
 Sinners will not this suffice t 
 106 
 
Tir»][Trwa. 
 
 48a 
 
 '\\ 
 
 I8«i Samuel V M 
 
 THEN little Samuel woke, 
 
 And heard his Maker's voice 
 At every word he spoke, 
 
 How much did he rejoice ; 
 O hlessed, happy child, to find 
 The God of heaven so near and kind, 
 
 i !f God would speak to me, 
 
 And say he was my friend, 
 How happy should 1 be I 
 
 O, how would 1 attend ! 
 The smallest sin I then shmild feajfi - 
 If God Almighty were so near. 
 
 3 And does he never speak ? 
 
 O yes ! for in his word 
 He bids me come and seek 
 
 The God whom Samuel heard , 
 in almOvSt every page 1 see, 
 The God of Samuel calls to me. 
 
 4 And 1, beneath his care, 
 
 May safely rest my head; 
 i know that God is there, 
 
 To guard my humble bed : 
 And every sin I well may fear, 
 Since God Almighty is so near. 
 
 b Like Samuel, let. me say. 
 Whene'er I read his word, 
 ' Speak, Lord. I would obey 
 
 The voice that Samuel he&rd ; 
 A nd when I in thy house appcw. 
 Speak. Cor thy «ervam waits to hear 
 109 
 
184, 186 iWTiT£ii». 
 
 184 Tnt broad and narrow Way. 6's. 
 I ^JTRIVE, for the way is strak 
 
 O In which the Saviour trcnl ; 
 And narrow is the gate 
 
 That leadetn up to God. 
 Cut off the ensnaring hand, 
 
 Pluck out the ensnaring eye , 
 Turn ye at God's command; 
 
 Sinners, why will ye die ? 
 8 Strive, for there are but few 
 
 Who find the living way ; 
 Children, alas ! will you 
 
 Still blindly go astray ? 
 O shun the ci ^wded gate, 
 
 Though wiae it seem, and fair 
 Twili bring you, soon or late, 
 
 To anguish and despair. 
 I Strive, ere life's setting sun 
 
 Shall sink in thickest gloom : 
 Strive, night is coming on, 
 
 Ye hasten to the tomb. 
 Ask ; mercy shall be given ; 
 
 Seek as (or hidden gold ; 
 Knock, and the Lord of heaven 
 
 The gates will wide unfold. 
 
 185 fVaiting at Wisdom* s Oau, C. Vi 
 ' TVr ^ heart has been too loiig ensnared 
 
 IVX In folly's hurtful ways ; 
 O may I be at length prepared 
 To hear what wisdom says i 
 ^ *Tis Jesus from the mercy seat 
 Invites me to his rest ; 
 He calls poor sinners te his feet 
 To make them truly blest* 
 108 
 
rifVTTiHcj. 186, 181 
 
 i Approach* my soul, lo wisdom's gates. 
 Approach without delay , 
 No one who watches there, and waits, 
 Shall e'er be turned away. 
 
 4 He will not let me seek in vain ; 
 For all who trust his word 
 Shall everlasting life obtain, 
 And favour from the Lord. 
 
 tHi$ Christ' » Invitatton. L. ^ 
 
 i I'^^OME hither, ail ye weary souls' 
 ^^ Ye heavy-laden sinners ! come • 
 rij give you rest from all your toils, 
 And raise you to my heavenly home. 
 
 2 Th8y shall fmd rest that learn of mo ; 
 
 I'm of a meek and lowly mind ; 
 But passion rages like the sea, 
 And pride is restless as the wind. 
 
 3 Blest is the man wliose shoulders take 
 
 My yoke, and bear it with delight ! 
 My yoke is easy to his neck ; 
 My grace shall make the burden light. 
 
 4 Jesus ! we come at thy command, 
 
 With faith, and hope, and humble leal 
 Resign our spirits to thy hand, 
 To mould and guide us at thy will. 
 
 187 ** €?•«« iH« thy Heart.** 
 
 6 LJEAR ye not a voice from heaveu, 
 -O- To the listening spirit given f 
 Children, come ! it seems to say, 
 Give youi^ heartfl to me to-day. 
 
 109 
 
188 lirviTiF» 
 
 2 Sweet as is a rrother's love^ 
 Tender as the heavenly Dove, 
 Thus it speaks a Saviour's charms, 
 Thus it wins us to his arms. 
 
 3 Lord> we will remember thee, 
 While from pains and sorrows free , 
 While our day is in its dew. 
 
 And the clouds of life are few. 
 
 4 Then, when night and age appear, 
 Thou wilt chase each doubt and fear 
 Thou our glorious leader be, 
 When the stars shall fade and flee 
 
 5 Now to thee, O Lord ! we come, 
 in our morning's early bloom ; 
 Breathe on us thy grace divine ; 
 Touch our hearts, and make them thin© 
 
 loo Early Consecration. ^^« ^ 
 
 I TN the bright morn of life, when youth 
 X With vital ardour glows, 
 And shines in all the fairest charms 
 That beauty can disclose, 
 I Deep in thy soul, before its powers 
 Are yet by vice enslaved. 
 Be thy Creator's glorious name 
 And character engraved : 
 % Ere yet the shades of sorrow cloud 
 The sunshine of thy days , 
 And cares, and toils, m endlees roGGd 
 Encompass all thy ways : 
 4 Ere yet thy heart the woea of ag*» 
 with vain regret deplore. 
 And sadly muse on former \(yf% 
 That now return no mor^ 
 110 
 
MlflTEWTIAL. 189, I9f' 
 
 True wisdom, early eought and gained. 
 
 In age will give thee rest ; 
 O then, improve the morn of life. 
 
 To make its evening blest ! 
 
 PENITENTIAL 
 
 1 89 Tfie Decision. L. M 
 
 j ''T^ HE smitten heart and starting tear, 
 i Which bade me live for God and heavon 
 Have sometimes roused mjr solemn fear. 
 And made me wish my sins forgiven. 
 2 But when I mingled with the crowd 
 That hasten to the world of wo, 
 i felt too stubborn and too proud 
 To yield to Christ, and heavenward go. 
 S And thus I've gone from day to day, 
 
 From month to month, and year to year, 
 Refusing still to bend and pray, 
 And shed the penitential tear. 
 4 But Tm resolved no longer now 
 To put away the day of grace ; 
 Lest God in anger strike the blow 
 And make despair my dweikng-place 
 
 1 90 Kamttt SupplHtUto%. ^» ^ 
 
 fe TESIJS ! hear a weeping moumer- 
 J Hear a sinner poor and vile : 
 Hear me— once & wicked »corn®r— 
 Now liaplortj thy pitying emii^ 
 
 111 
 
191. 19^ PEHrTEWTIAft. 
 
 2 Friend of sinners ! I have ecorned ihee-- 
 
 Scorned thy name, and scorned ihylawsj 
 Yet in mercy haat thou warned me- — 
 
 Yet in mercy plead rny cause. 
 ^ Plead my cause, with power prevaihiiij 
 
 At the sovereign bar of God ; 
 Save me from eternal wailing — 
 
 &ave me from Jehovah's rod 1 
 Lord of pity ! see me languish 
 
 At thy feet, and bid me live ; 
 Thou alone canst ease my anguish, 
 
 Thou alone canst pardon give. 
 
 191 A broken Heart I bring. L ^ 
 
 1 r\ THOU that hearesi when sinners cy ; 
 vy Though all my crimes before thet* he 
 Behold them not with angry look, 
 
 But blot their memory from thy book 
 
 2 Create my nature pure within, 
 And form my soul averse to sin ; 
 Let thy good Spirit ne'er depart, 
 Nor hide thy presence from my hean. 
 
 3 Though I have grieved thy Spirit, Lord, 
 Thy help and comfort still afford , 
 
 And let a wretch come near thy throne, 
 To plead the merits of thy Son. 
 
 4 A broken hean, my God, my King, 
 Is all the sacrifice I bring ; 
 
 The God of grace will ne'er despise 
 A broken heart for sacrifice. 
 
 I 92 Tb the Hely S/wrw. L. M 
 
 1 OTAY, thou insulted Spirit, stay, 
 O Though I have done thee such despite j 
 Cast not the sinner quite away, 
 Nor take thine «?ir#»r!jt>;!tiii|^ ilmh^ 
 list 
 
ffBJUITElfTIAii. 193 
 
 2 Thouffl 1 have most unfaithful been 
 
 And long m vain thy grace received , 
 Ten thousand times thy goodness seen 
 Ten thousand times thy goodness gnevftci 
 
 3 Yet O the chief of sinners spare, 
 
 In honour of my great High - pries t , 
 Nor in thy righteous anger swear 
 
 I'hat I shall never see thy rest. 
 My weary soul, O God, release; 
 
 U phold me with thy gracious hand ; 
 Guide me into thy perfect peace, 
 
 And bring me to the promised land. 
 
 193 Seeking after Qod. ^ M 
 
 ! /^ THAT 1 knew the secret place 
 vy Where I might find my God ; 
 I'd spread my wants before his face 
 And pour my woes abroad. 
 2 Vd tell him how my sins arise, 
 What sorrows I sustain ; 
 How grace decays, and comfort die« 
 And leaves my heart in pain. 
 ^ He knows what arguments I'd take 
 To wrestle with my God ; 
 I'd plead for his own mercy's' sako. 
 
 And for my Saviour's blood. 
 My God will pity my complaints, 
 
 And heal my broken bones ; 
 He knows the meaning of his saintgi 
 The language of their groans. 
 6 Arise, my soul, from deep distress 
 And banish every fear , 
 He calls thee to his throne of grac®, 
 To spread thy sorrows there. 
 
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104, 195 PEBTITEWTIAli. 
 
 194 The hard Heart. C. M 
 
 ' A/l/^^'^ ^ there, Lord, a child caa do 
 VV \^ \,o feels with guilt opprest? 
 ThGrp'« e\ 1 that I aever knew 
 Before, within my breast. 
 
 2 My r'loughts are vain, my heart is hard, 
 My temper apt to rise ; 
 And 'vhen I seem upon my guard, 
 It takes me by surprise. 
 
 B ^.nd yei it i be^in to pray, 
 And lift my leeble cry ; 
 Somt: thoughts of folly or of play 
 Prevent me when J try. 
 
 4 On many Sabbaths, though I've heara 
 Of Jesus and of heaven, 
 I've scarcely listened to thy word, 
 Or prayed to be forgiven. 
 
 6 O look with pity in thine eye 
 Upon a heart so hard ; 
 Thou will not slight a feeble cry, 
 Or show it no regard. 
 
 I 95 The only Retreat. C M. 
 
 1 r\ THOU, whose tender mercy hears 
 v^ Contrition's humble sigh 
 Whose hand indulgent wipes the tears 
 
 From sorrow's weeping eye ; 
 
 2 See, low before thy throne of grace, 
 
 A wretched wanderer mourn ; 
 Hast thou not bid me seek thy fsc« ? 
 Hast thou fioi said, Return* 
 
FEHrTENTIAl. 196$ IJH 
 
 d And shall my guilty fears prevail, 
 To drive me from thy feet ? 
 O let not this dear refuge fail, 
 This only safe retreat. 
 
 4 O shine on this benighted heart, 
 With beams of mercy shine ; 
 And let thy healing voice impart 
 A taste of joys divine. 
 
 196 A Penitent pleading for Pardon. ^ ^ 
 
 1 OHOW pity, Lord, O Lord forgive, 
 
 Let a repenting rebel live ; 
 Are not thy mercies large and free ? 
 May not a sirmer trust in thee ? 
 
 2 O wash my soul from every sm, 
 
 And make my guilty conscience clean ; 
 Here on my heart the burden lies, 
 And past offences pain my eyes. 
 
 3 My lips with shame my sins confess. 
 Against thy law, against thy a;race , 
 Lord, should thy judgment grow severe. 
 
 1 am condemned, but ihou art clear. 
 
 i Yet save a trembUng sinner, Lord, 
 
 Whose hope, still hovering round thy wosr 
 Would light on some sweet promise there 
 Some s ire support against despair. 
 
 197 Returning to Ood. ^- ^^ 
 
 I T3ETURN, my wandering soul, return 
 XV And seek an injured Father's face ^ 
 Those warm desires that in thee burn 
 Were kindled by redeeming grace. 
 115 
 
i9B ^-M^nHNTlkL, 
 
 2 Return, my wandering soul, recura. 
 And seek a Father's melting h«.ai\ ; 
 His pitying eyes thy griefs discern, * 
 His heavenly balm shall heal ^hy smart 
 i Return, my wandering soul, return, 
 Thy dying Saviour bids thee live ; 
 Go, view his bleeding side, and learn 
 How freely Jesus can forgive. 
 '- Return, my wandering soul, return, 
 And wipe away the falling tear ; 
 'Tis God who says, " no longer mourn ,*" 
 'Tis mercy's voice invites thee near. 
 
 198 Death of Chrtst. G. M 
 
 ' \ LAS ! and did my Saviour bleed ! 
 A And did my Sovereign die ! 
 Would he devote that sacred head 
 For such a worm as I ? 
 e Was it for crimes that I have done 
 He groaned upon the tree ? 
 Amazing pity ! grace unknown ! 
 And love oeyond degree ! 
 « Well might the sun in darkness hid® 
 And shut his glories in , 
 When Christ, the mighty Saviour di&d 
 For man the creature's sin. 
 4 Thus might J hide my blushing lac», 
 While Lis dear cross appears: 
 Dissolve my heart in thankfulness. 
 And melt my eyes to tears. 
 6 But tears of grief can ne'er repay 
 The debt of love I owe ; 
 Here, Lord, I give myself sway. 
 'Tia all that! can do. 
 116 
 
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 piirrTWTiAii. 199, «CK» 
 
 II 99 Pi$t higraUtud*. S. M 
 
 S this the kind return, 
 Are theae the thanks we owe 
 Thus to abuse eternal love, 
 Whence all our blessings flow t 
 
 i To what a stubborn frame 
 Hath sin reduced our mind ; 
 What strange rebellious wretches we, 
 And God as strangely kind. 
 
 Turn, turn us, mighty God, 
 And mould our souls afresh : 
 Break, sovereign grace, our hearts of stone, 
 And give us hearts of flesh. 
 
 JSOO Walking with Ood. C, M 
 
 OF OR a closer walk with God, 
 A calm and heavenly frame \ 
 A light to shine upon the road 
 That leads me to the Lamb. 
 
 i Where is the blessedness I knew 
 When first T saw the Lord ? 
 Where is the soul-retreshing view 
 Of Jesus and his word ? 
 
 ^ What peaceful hours I once enjoyed 
 How sweet their memory still ! 
 But ihey have left an aching void 
 The world can never fill. 
 
 { Return, O ho^y Dove, return, 
 Sweet messenger of rest ; 
 I hate the sins that made thee mourn, 
 4nd drove thtye from my breast. 
 
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b The dearest idol I have known, 
 Whate'er that idol be, 
 Help me to tear it from thy throna. 
 And worship only thee. 
 
 ^ So shall my walk be close with God, 
 Calm and serene my frame ; 
 So purer light shall mark the road 
 That leads me to the Lamb. 
 
 401 Pleading for Merey. L- M 
 
 WHEN at thy footstool, Lord, I bend, 
 And plead with thee for mercy cher* 
 Think of the sinner's dying Friend, 
 And for his sake receive my prayer ! 
 
 sf O think not of my shame and guilt, 
 My thousand stains of deepest dye ; 
 Think oi the blood which Jesus split. 
 And let that blood my pardon buy. 
 
 i O think upon thy holy word, 
 
 And every precious promise there^ 
 
 How prayer should evermore be heard 
 
 And how thy glory 'tis to spare. 
 
 ♦ Remember not my doubts and fears 
 My strivings with thy grace divine 
 Think upon Jesus' woes and tears, 
 And let his merits stand for mine. 
 
 'i02 Tht Burden of Sin. L. M 
 
 OTHAT my load of sin were gone ! 
 O that 1 could at last submitj 
 At Jesus' feet to lay it down ! 
 To lay my bouI at Jesus' feet ! 
 118 
 
fHinSMPTIOK. 'ii^^ 
 
 Rest for m/ bouj i long to fjnd; 
 
 Saviour of all, if mine thou an, 
 Give me thy meek and lowly mind 
 
 And stamp thine image on my heart. 
 Break off tiiC yoke of inbred m), 
 
 And fully set my spirit free ; 
 1 cannot rest, till pure within. 
 
 Till I am wholly lost in thee. 
 Fain would I learn of thee, my God» 
 
 Thy light and easy burden prdl^e ; 
 riiy cross was stained with hallo w^ed blmvj 
 
 That I might taste thy dying love. 
 I would — but thou must give the power, 
 
 My heart from every sin release ; 
 Bring near, bring near the joyful hour, 
 
 And fdl me with thy perfect peace. 
 
 REDEMPTION 
 
 SOa Bartimeui. ^ 1 
 
 MERCY, O thou Son of David!" 
 Thus the blind Bartimeus prsyed • 
 ' Mercy, O thou Son of David ! 
 Now to me afford thine aid," 
 2 Many tor his crying chid him, 
 But he called the louder still, 
 rill the gracious Saviour bid him, 
 '* Come, and ask me what you will.' 
 119 
 
3 Money was not what he wanted, 
 Though by begging uoed to live ; 
 But he aBked, and Jesus granted 
 Alms which none hut |^e could give, 
 <t " Lord, remove this grievous blindneBS 
 Let my eyes behold the day !" 
 Straight he saw, and woo by kindness 
 Followed Jesus in the way. 
 
 5 Now, methinka, I hear him praismg; 
 
 PubUsling to all around: 
 " Friends, is not my case aniazing ? 
 What a Saviour 1 have found ! 
 
 6 O that all the blind but knew him, 
 
 And would be advised by me ! 
 Surely they would hasten to him, 
 He would cause them all to see." 
 
 4s04r Joy over the Convert. ^' M. 
 
 1 A/ir^^ ^'^^ describe the joys that rise 
 
 VV Through all the courts o^' Paradise 
 To see a prodigal return, 
 To see an heir of glory born t 
 
 2 With joy, the Father doth approve 
 The fruit of his eternal love : 
 
 The Son with joy looks down, and eoet 
 The purchase of his agonies. 
 
 3 The spirit takes delight to view 
 The holy soul now formed anew v 
 And saints and angels join to sing 
 The growing empire of their King. 
 
 205 The Mercy-seat. C M 
 
 I A PPROACH, my soul, the mercy-seat, 
 
 JA. Where Jesus answers prayer : 
 There humbly fall before his feet, 
 For none ean perish tl ere. 
 120 
 
BSDAMPTiojr. 2CJ©, 5tO^ 
 
 I Thy promise is my only plea. 
 With this I venture nigh ; 
 Thou callest burdened souls to ♦iiee. 
 And such, O Lord ! am I. 
 i Bowed down beneath a load of sin, 
 By Satan sorely press'd, 
 By wars without and fears within, 
 1 come to thee for rest. 
 4 Be thou my shield and hiding place» 
 That, sheltered near thy side, « 
 I may my fierce accuser face, 
 And tell him thou hasi died. 
 ^ O wondrous love ! to bleed and die, 
 To bear the cross and shame ; 
 That guilty sinners such as I 
 Mignt plead thy gracious name ! 
 
 206 TheJirk, S. M 
 1 T> EHOLD the ark of God ! 
 
 JlJ Behold the open door ! 
 Hasten to gain that blest abode, 
 
 And rove, my soul, no more. 
 3 There safe shalt thou abide, 
 
 There sweet shall be thy rest ; 
 And every wish be satisfied, 
 
 With ftiU salvation blest. 
 9 And when the waves of wrath 
 
 Again the earth shall fiH, 
 Thine ark shall ride the sea of fire. 
 
 And rest on Zion's hill. 
 
 207 The Soul. CM 
 I ^PHOI GH 1 am young, I have a 80ul 
 
 X The world can never buy ; 
 And while eternal ages roll. 
 It will not. cannot die. 
 
 121 
 
2 For it must soar to worlds on high. 
 
 Where happy spirits dwell ; 
 Or, buried with the wicked, lie, 
 Deep in the grave of hell. 
 
 3 The soul by numerous sins defiled 
 
 Can never enter heaven, 
 
 rill God and it be reconciled, 
 
 And all its sins forgiven. 
 
 4 Till h be pure from all its stains, 
 
 In perfect righteousness ; 
 Cleansed by the Saviour's dying pains 
 Renewed by sovereign grace. 
 
 6 Pardon it, cJeanse it, God of Grace! 
 And let it holy be ; 
 Arrayed in thine own holiness. 
 And meet to dwell with thee. 
 
 il08 7%« fVimders of Redemption. C ^4 
 
 ^T 
 
 O dwell with sinners here below 
 The Saviour left the skies, 
 And sunk to wretchedness and wa 
 That worthless man might rise. 
 
 2 He took the dying sinner's place, 
 
 And suffered in his stead; 
 
 For man, O miracle of grace ! 
 
 For man the Saviour bled ' 
 
 3 O Lord, what heavenly wonders dwell 
 
 In thine atoning blood ! 
 Bv this are sinners snatched trom heh. 
 And rebels brought to God. 
 122 
 
HEDKMl'TIOS. 200. 211. 
 
 <I09 Tke Oospel Trumpet. P M 
 
 1 T)LOW ye the trumpet, blow 
 JLJ The gladly solemn sound ; 
 Let all the nations know, 
 
 To earth's remotest bound : 
 The year of Jubilee is come ; 
 Return, ye ransomed sirmers, horn© 
 
 S Exalt *,he Lamb of God, 
 
 The sin-atoning Lamb ; 
 Redemption by his blood 
 
 Through all the lands proclaim : 
 The year of Jubilee is come ; 
 Return, ye ransomed sinners, home. 
 
 d Ye who have sold for nought 
 
 The heritage above, 
 Shall have it back unbought, 
 
 The gift of Jesus' love ; 
 The year of Jubilee is come ; 
 Return, ye ransomed sinners, home. 
 
 i The gospel trumpet hear, 
 
 The news of pardoning grace ; 
 
 Ye happy souls draw near, 
 Behold your Saviour's face : 
 
 The year of Jubilee is come ; 
 
 R^eturn, ye ransomed sinners, home. 
 
 210 The Birth of Christ. O. M 
 
 ' \\n^IL.E shepherds watched theii floi;kj 
 V\ by iiight, 
 
 All seated on the ground, 
 The angel of the Lord came down, 
 And glory shone around. 
 
 12S 
 
*ll BBDEMPTIOJJ. 
 
 2 Fear not, said he, (for mighty are&4 
 Had seized their troubled mind,) 
 Glad tidings of great ioy I bring 
 To you and all mankind. 
 % To you, in David's town, this day. 
 Is born of David's line. 
 The Saviour, who is Christ the Lord ; 
 And this shall be the sign : 
 4 The heavenly babe you there shall ftnd 
 To human view displayed, 
 All meanly wrapped in swathing-bands. 
 And in a manger laid. 
 6 Thus spake the seraph, and forthwith 
 Appeared a shining throng 
 Of angels praising God on high, 
 Who thus addressed their song : 
 6 All glory be to God on high,' 
 And to the earth be peace ; 
 Good will henceforth, from heaven to m«n, 
 Begin and never cease. 
 
 211 Grace. S. M 
 
 1 r^ RACE ! — ''tis a charming sound 
 vT Harmonious to the ear ; 
 
 Heaven with the echo shall resound, 
 And all the earth shall hear. 
 
 2 Grace led my roving feet 
 To tread the heavenly road 
 
 And new supplies, each hour, I meet, 
 While pressing on to God. 
 8 Grace all the work shall crown, 
 Through everlasting days i 
 It lays in heaven the topmost stone, 
 And weVl desei vea the praise 
 124 
 
312 Praise for Redewptton C. M 
 
 3 f^ FOR a thousand tongues to sing 
 w My great Redeemer's praise j 
 The glories of my God and King, 
 
 'I he triumphs of his grace ! 
 
 2 My gracious Master, and my God, 
 Assist me to proclaim, 
 And spread through ail the earth abroad. 
 The honours of thy name. 
 
 ^ Jesus . tne name tiiat charms our fears, 
 That bids our sorrows cease ; 
 'Tis music in the sinner 8 ears ; 
 'Tis life and health and peace. 
 
 4 Look unto him, ye nations ; own 
 
 Your God, ye fallen race ; 
 Look, and be saved through faiin al{>xie 
 Be justified by grace. 
 
 21 3 Th$ Blood of Christ. ^ M 
 
 1 npHERE is a fountain, filled with bioud. 
 A Drawn from Immanuel's veins. 
 And sinners plunged beneath that flood, 
 Lose all their guilty stains. 
 
 ? The'dying thief rejoiced to see 
 That founiain m his day ; 
 And there n^ay 1, as vile as he, 
 Wash ail my sins away. 
 
 3 Dear dying Lamb, thy precious blood 
 Shall never lose its power. 
 Till all the ransomed church of God 
 Be saved, to sin no more. 
 
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*114 hedemptios. 
 
 4 E'er since, b> faith, I saw the stream 
 
 Thy flowmg wounds supply, 
 Redeeming love has been my theme. 
 And shall be till 1 die. 
 
 5 Then, in a nobler, sweeter song, 
 
 I'll sin^ thy power to save ; 
 When this poor lisping, stammerng tongue 
 Lies silent in the grave. 
 
 214 '* l^ is finished.** 8, 7 4 
 
 1 TTARK ! the voice of love and mercy 
 JLL Sounds aloud from Calvary ; 
 See, it rends the rocks asunder, 
 
 Shakes the earth, and veils the sky'. 
 
 "It is finished!" 
 Hear the dying Saviour cry. 
 
 2 " It is finished" — O what pleasure 
 
 Do these precious words afford I 
 Heavenly blessings without measure 
 Flow to us from Christ, the Lord ; 
 
 "It is finished " 
 Saints, the dying words record. 
 
 3 Finished — all the types and shadows 
 
 Of the ceremonial law ; 
 Finished — all that God had promised 
 Death and hell no more shall awe i 
 
 " It is finished!" 
 Saints from hence your comforts d'^m 
 
 4 Tune your hearts anew, ye seraphs. 
 
 Join to sing the pleasing theme ; 
 All on earth and all in heaven, ^ 
 
 Join to praise Immanuel's nam© ^ 
 
 Hallelujah ! 
 Glory to the bleeding Lamb, 
 126 
 
AHDRMPTlOSf. ^1&» *afc 
 
 SI5 Praise for Redevtptun 0. ^^ 
 
 I A^IOME, lei us join our cheeri'ul songs 
 V -' With angels round the thione ; 
 Ten thousand thousand are their tongues, 
 But all their joys are o\\q. 
 
 3 Worthy the Lamb thai died, they cry^ 
 To be exalted thus ! 
 Worthy the Larnb, our lips reply, 
 For he was slain for us. 
 
 3 Jesus is worthy to receive 
 
 Honour and po\yer divine ; 
 And blessings more than we can glViS 
 Be, Lord, for ever thine. 
 
 4 Let all that dwell above the sky, 
 
 And air, and earth, and seas. 
 Conspire to lift thy glories high. 
 And speak ihnie t-ndlese praise. 
 
 ^16 Fraist Jot Redemption. C^ ^ 
 
 1 "OLD N GEO in a gulf of dark despair, 
 1 We wretched sinners lay, 
 Without one cheering beam of hope. 
 
 Or spark of glimrnermg day. 
 
 2 With pitying eyes the Prnice of grac« 
 
 Beheld our helpless grief, 
 He saw, and O, amazing lovel 
 He ran to our relief. 
 
 I Down from the ahjning seats above 
 With joyful haste he fled, 
 Entered the grave in mortal flesh. 
 And dw«^lt among the dead. 
 
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«I7,«18 REDEMPTION. 
 
 4 O, for this love, let rocKs and liilie 
 Their lasting silence break, 
 And all harmonious human tongues 
 The Saviour's praises speak. 
 
 *Jil7 Call to Praite. V% 
 
 \ /CHILDREN of the heavenly King 
 
 vy As we journey, sweetly ging: 
 
 Sing our Saviour's worthy praise. 
 
 Glorious in his works and waya. 
 
 We are travelling home to God 
 
 In the way the fathers trod ; 
 
 They are happy now, and we 
 
 Soon their happiness shall see. 
 
 3 Fear not, brethren, joyful stand 
 On the borders of our land, 
 Jesus Christ, our Father's Son 
 Bids us undismayed go on. 
 
 4 Lord ! obediently we go, 
 Gladly leaving all below ; 
 Only thou our leader be, 
 And we still will follow thee, 
 
 818 Salvation. C M 
 
 5 OAI V^ATION ! O, the joyful sound' 
 O 'Tis pleasure to our ears ; 
 
 A sovereign balm for every wound 
 A cordiai for our fears. 
 
 2 Buried in sorrow and in sin, 
 
 At hell's dark door we lay ; 
 But we arise, by grace divine, 
 To see a heavenly day. 
 
 3 Salvation ! let the echo fly 
 
 The spacious earth around, 
 While all the armies of the s&y 
 ConsDire to raise the sound. 
 128 
 
ifit9 *' h is finished.'' L- ^-^ 
 
 1 'nniS finished — so the Saviour cned, 
 
 X And meekly bowed his head and diect 
 Tis finished — yes, the work is done, 
 The battle fought, the victory won. 
 
 2 Tis finished — all that heaven decrcea, 
 A.nd all the an(«ent prophets said. 
 
 [s now fulfilled, as long designed, 
 fn me, the Saviour of mankind. 
 'Tis finished — Aaron now no more 
 Musi stain his robes with purple gore ; 
 The sacred veil is rent in twain. 
 And Jewish riies no more remain. 
 
 4 'Tis finished — this, my dying groan, 
 Shall sins of every kind atone : 
 Millions shall be redeemed from death 
 By this, my last expiring breath. 
 
 5 'Tis finished — let the joyfiil sound 
 
 Be heard through all the nations round 
 'Tis finished — let the echo fly 
 Through heaven and hell, through <^M%k 
 and sky. 
 
 *^20 Joy for Salvatwn. C- ^'*^ 
 
 \ f O Y to the world ! the Lord is come • 
 J Let earth receive her King, 
 Le« every heart prepare him room. 
 And heaven and nature sing. 
 2 Joy to the earth ! the Saviour reigns . 
 Let men their songs employ ; 
 While fields and floods, rocke tiWXu and 
 plairta, 
 Rep*?at the sonndin/i joy 
 
 1 ' a* 
 
121, ^^2 fiEDEMPTTOK. 
 
 1 N'o more let sins and sorrows grow , 
 Nor thorns infest the ground; 
 He comes to make his blessings flov 
 Far as the curse is found. 
 
 4 He rules the world with truth and gr&cs.* 
 
 And makes the nations prove 
 The glories of his righieousiiCHs 
 And wonders of his love. 
 
 'J^ 1 Christ's jSsccnsicn. ^ 4 
 
 i f\l^^ Lord is risen from the dead ; 
 v^ Our Jesus is gone up on high 
 The powers of hell are captive led, 
 Dragged to the portals of the sky. 
 t '[ here his triumphal chariot waits, 
 And angels chant the joyful lay : 
 Lift up -your heads, ye heavenly gates! 
 Ye everlasting doors, give way ! 
 
 5 Loose all your bars of massy light. 
 
 And wide unfold the radiant scer^ 
 He claims those mansions as his right ;— 
 Receive the King of Glory in. 
 4 Who is the King of Glory, who? 
 
 The Lord that all his foes o'ercame ; 
 The world, sin, death, and heli, overthrew 
 And Jesus is the Conqueror's namt? ' 
 
 '^22 Praise for RedernptioK ^ ^^ 
 
 ■■ T GIVE immortal praise 
 
 1 To God the Father's love, 
 
 Kor all my comforts here, 
 And better hopes above i 
 
 tie sent his own eternal Son 
 
 To die for mm thai wb ha>-^ danm 
 
.©HATTTITDH. 22' 
 
 Z To God the Son belongs 
 
 Immortal glory toe. 
 Who ransomed us with blood 
 
 Krom everiast'ng wo : 
 And now he lives, and now he reigna. 
 And gees the fruit of ail his pains. 
 3 To God the Spirit's name 
 
 Immortal worship give. 
 Whose new-creating power 
 
 Makes the dead smner live : 
 Hie work coinpleies the great design, 
 And iiiis the soul with joy divme. 
 i Almighty God, to thee 
 
 Be endless honours aone ; 
 The undivided Three. 
 
 And the mysterious One ; 
 Where reason fails, with all her powe.K 
 There faith prevails, and love adores. 
 
 GRATITUDK. 
 
 ^33 7%e object of our Crsction. 1 f'^ 
 
 WHY have we lipe, if not to sing 
 The praises of our heavenly ICi.ii? 
 Why have we hearts, if not to jovt 
 Our Father and our Friend above ? 
 1 Why were our curious bodies made, 
 And every part in order laid ? 
 Why, but that each of us might atbinJ 
 4 living wonder from hie hand f 
 
 LSI 
 
^34 ©HATITCDI. 
 
 5 Why have we souls, if not to K.no^ 
 The God from whom our mercies flow f 
 Sure this can never be our lot, 
 
 Like senseless brutes, to know liim not ' 
 4 Why have we life ?— if not to gain 
 irnmortal life, 'tis worse then vain: 
 This 13 the end for which '' ^ as given,— 
 We live on earth, to live ii ueaven. 
 
 6 Why did the Saviour leave the ^sky. 
 Hang on a cross, and bleed, and die? 
 And why are kind persuasiortii sent 
 To call and win us to repent I 
 
 6 Surely it is — that robed in white, 
 And made vell-pleasing in his sight, 
 Our souls may join the happy throrui, 
 And sing the everjaating song. 
 
 .^5&'fi Temporal and Sprritttal EUsstngi. ^ i^3 
 
 { \ \r^ ^' NE'ER 1 tak e m y waika ^i cmi, 
 » V How many poor I see I 
 What shall 1 render to my God 
 For all his gifts to me ! 
 2 Not more than others I deserve, 
 Y et God hath given me more : 
 For ] have food while others atai'^v 
 Or beg from door to door. 
 ^ Mow many children m the street 
 Half naked I behold ; 
 While I am clothed from head to feet. 
 And covered from the cold. 
 i While some poor wanderers scarce can isl 
 W^here they may lay their head , 
 I have a home wherein lo dwell, 
 And rest apon my bed 
 L3t 
 
6 While otners early learn to swesir 
 And curse and lie, and steai ; 
 Lord, I am taught thy name t.o ki^f, 
 And do thy holy will. 
 6 Are these thy favours, day by day, 
 To me above the rest ? 
 Then let me love thee more than th«3p 
 And try to serve ihe© best. 
 
 FILIAL LOVE 
 
 225 My Mother, 7'& 
 
 1 pOULD T so ungrateful be 
 
 v^ As to cause a mother paim f 
 She was always good to me, 
 Can i yield her ii! again ! 
 
 2 In each hour of harm or ffood, 
 'Twas her hand that all the day 
 
 food, 
 pray. 
 
 Clothed me, kept me, gave me 
 Taught me how to (rod to pi 
 S Oft as I have sickly lain, 
 
 By my bed her watch she kept ; 
 And when she has seen my pain, 
 Kindly looked on me and wept. 
 i Heavenly Father, who didst give 
 Such a gift as this to me ; 
 Grant me, ever as I livt), 
 <orratitude to her, an(? thee i 
 
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2ilCI Gratitude to Parents- /-\ 
 
 1 ]\/TY father, my mother, I know 
 
 i ' 1 I cannot your kindness repay ; 
 But I hope, that as older I grow, 
 I shall learn your commands to obej 
 
 2 Vou loved me, before I could tell 
 
 Who it was that so tenderly smiled ; 
 But now that I know it so well, 
 I should be a dutiful child. 
 
 3 1 am Borrv that ever I could 
 
 Be wicked, and give you such pain ; 
 I hope T shall learn to be good, 
 And so never grieve you again. 
 
 4 But, for fear that I ever should dare 
 
 From all your commands to depart. 
 Whenever I, utter a prayer, 
 I'll ask for a dutiful heart. 
 
 227 Duty to Parents. ^■' ^ 
 
 1 T ET children that would fear the l^nd 
 1-J Hear what their teachers say, 
 With reverence heed their parents' word. 
 And with delight obey. 
 
 Have we not heard v/hat dreadful plagiJ^^*- 
 Are threatened by the Lord, 
 ^ To him who bi eaks his father's law. 
 Or mo::ks his mother's word? 
 
 B But ihoae that worship God, and ^iv® 
 Their parents honour aue, 
 Shall long on earth in comfort iiv©. 
 And live hereafter loo. 
 134 
 
a.SMeios4« 128, 'StiSf 
 
 RELIGION. 
 
 518 Valm of Edition *^ ' 
 
 Cp'S religion that can give 
 X Sweetest pleasure while we liva , 
 Tis religion must supply 
 Solid comfort when we die. 
 After death, its joys will be 
 Lasting as eternity ! 
 8e the living God my friend, 
 Then my bliss shall never end. 
 
 ^29 Thegrtni Concern. ^ ^ 
 
 1 "p ELIGION is the chief concern 
 .O.. Of mortals here below ; 
 May 1 its great importance learn, 
 
 Its sovereign virtue know. 
 
 2 Religion should our thoughts engage 
 
 A midst our youthful bloom ; 
 'Twill fit us for declining age, 
 
 Or for an early tomb. 
 O, may my heart, by grace renewed, 
 
 Be my Redeemer's throne; 
 And be my stubborn will subdued, 
 
 His government to own. 
 4 Let deep repentance, faith, and love, 
 
 Be joined with godly fear ; 
 A.nd all my conversation prove 
 
 M^y heart to be sincere. 
 
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2«iO Ear»'y Innrwtion. CM 
 
 HOW happy is the child who h?5<??» 
 InstriK'tion'B waraing voic^ , 
 A x\A who celestial wisdom makes 
 Hjs early, only choice. 
 
 2 For she has treasures greater far 
 Than east or west unfold ; 
 And her rewards more precious arf 
 Than all their stores of gold. 
 
 ^ She guides the young with innocencf. 
 In pleasure's path to tread ; 
 A crown of glory she bestows 
 Upon the aged head. 
 
 4 According as her labours rise. 
 So her rewards increase ; 
 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, 
 And all her paths are peace, 
 
 2^1 Rarly fnstrvttion O, M- 
 
 HAPPY the child whose early years 
 Receive instruction well ; 
 Who hates the sinner's path, and fears 
 The road that leads to hell 
 
 2 'Twill save us from a thousand enare& 
 
 To mind religion youn^; 
 Grace will preserve onr following years 
 And make our virtues strong. 
 
 3 To thee, Almighty God^ to thee 
 
 Our childhood we resign ; 
 Twill please us to look back, and s*^ 
 That. our wnole lives wc~e thin^ 
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 HBLIQIOBT. 232. TJk9 
 
 4 O let the vvorU of prayer and praiae 
 
 Employ my youngest breath : 
 Thus I'm prepared for longer days, 
 Or fit for early death. 
 
 2tVI Idols, C. M 
 
 THAT is an idol ? — every heart 
 Has idols of its own ; 
 Some are of gold and silver bright, 
 And some of wood and stone. 
 
 2 tf there be aught the world conta'na 
 Which 1 love more than Thee, 
 Thai sinful love within my heart 
 Idolatry must be. 
 
 5 Tlien take that sinful love away, 
 
 And place thy love within ; 
 And break down every image there. 
 Thai leads me into sin. 
 
 4 Deeply inscribed upon my heart 
 Let thy commandments be ; 
 That there may live within my breast 
 None other God but thee. 
 
 *^Ht3 Self -dedication. ^ ^^ 
 
 1 r GKD ! I would come to thee 
 JLJ A sinner all defiled ; 
 
 O take the stain of guilt away. 
 And own me as thy child. 
 
 2 I cannot hve in sin, 
 
 And feel a Saviour's love ; > 
 
 Thy blood can make my spirit clean ; 
 i} write my name above ! 
 
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1 XT' IN G Solomon of old 
 
 iV A happy choice had made ; 
 'TwaB not for Ufe, 'twas not for gold, 
 Nor honours that he prayed. 
 
 2 He chose the better part ; 
 He sought for purer joys ; 
 
 A wise and understanding heart; 
 And God approved his choice. 
 
 3 Far better than his crown, 
 And ail his grand array, 
 
 That wisdom was, which God sent dowis 
 To guide hirn on his way. 
 
 COMFORT IN AFFLICTION. 
 
 'J*^^ God cares for Me. L. M 
 
 I /^ OD the Creator reigns above, 
 
 vX And watches all whom he has made 
 He rules the Vv^orld in bounteous love. 
 
 Sees the distressed, and sends them aid 
 Have I no parent '? God will be 
 
 Far better than a parent could ; 
 A kind, a gracious Friend to me, 
 For earthly and for heavenly goon. 
 3 The hearts of all are in his power ; 
 He bids the rich his children feed ; 
 4nd he supports me every hour, 
 Aiid gives me all 1 truly need. 
 138 
 
4 I cannot be an orphan then, 
 
 My Father is the Lord of ail ; 
 
 And though I have no friend in men 
 
 He hears me whensoe'er I call, 
 
 ^oO Christ was poor. B^ 1 
 
 1 \ M poor ? do men despise rne ? 
 jj\. Do they pass me proudly by ? 
 1 hen, O let me still remember, 
 
 Jesus was as poor as I ? 
 
 2 Was as poor ! nay, he was poorer* 
 
 He had neither home nor bed ; 
 Neither friendly shade nor sheitei 
 For his unprotected head. 
 
 3 Then I'll ever cease complaining, 
 
 What though riches be not mine : 
 I am poor, and thus, m> Saviou'* ' 
 Does my lot resemble thme. 
 
 ^o7 Leaning on Christ. L" ^ ' '^^^ 
 
 I "^TTHEN gathering clouds around I view 
 VV And days are dark, and friends are Jew 
 On Him I lean, who, not in vain. 
 Experienced every human pain, 
 He sees my wants, allays my fears. 
 And counts and treasures up my tears. 
 
 4 U aught should tempt my soul to stray 
 From heavenly virtue^s narrow way, 
 To tiy the good I should pursue, 
 
 Or do the sin I shouxd not do ; 
 Still ne, who felt temptation's pov/er, 
 Shall guard me in that dangerous hour. 
 
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1138, 5139 COMFORT IBf AFFI-fCTlOS. 
 
 8 And O, when I have safely past 
 Through every conflict but the lasi. 
 .StilU stiil unchanginff, watch beside 
 ^Ty painful bed, for tliou hast died ; 
 Then point to realms of cloudiesB day 
 A nd wipe the latest tear away . 
 
 238 Ood resorted to in Trouble. V M 
 
 1 'T^HE Lord of glory is my ligh 
 
 i. And my salvation too : 
 God is my strength, nor will I fear 
 What al! my foes can do. 
 
 2 One privilege my heart desires ; 
 
 O grant me mine abode 
 Among the churches of thy sainta, 
 
 The temples of my God! 
 8 There shall I offer my requests, 
 
 And see thy glory still ; 
 Shall hear th^'^ messages of love, 
 
 And learn rhy holy will. 
 
 4 When troubles rise, and storms appear 
 
 There m^ay his children hide ; 
 God has a strong pavilion, where 
 He makes my soul abide. 
 
 5 Now shall my head be lifted high 
 
 Above my foes around, 
 And songs of joy and victory 
 Within thy temple sound. 
 
 ^'10 Ood^f Compassion. O M 
 
 1 p RAISE to the sovereign of the sky, 
 i Who, from his lofty throne. 
 Looks with compassion on the poor. 
 And makes their cause his own. 
 UO 
 
COMFORT IH AFFLICTION. 2W 
 
 t When we, the heiplesg sons oi grief 
 Low in distress were laid, 
 dis pitying heart our sorrows felt, 
 His hands were swift to aid. 
 3 Should kindred, near and dear, forsake | 
 Or friends and parents die, 
 (yod lives, and (blessed be his nam© I) 
 Can well the want supply. 
 
 His bounty gives our daily bread, 
 
 He fills our daily cup ; 
 Bids us rejoice in present gc6d, 
 
 And cheers our hearts with hope 
 
 240 The Orphan. "^'^ 
 
 1 IT/'HITHER, but to thee, O Lord ; 
 
 VV Shall a little orphan go ? 
 Thou alone canst speak the nord, 
 
 Thou canst dry my teara ol wo. 
 Father ! may my lips once more 
 
 Whisper that beloved name ? 
 Helpless, guilty, friendless, poor, 
 
 Let me thy prote'Ction claim. 
 
 2 O, my Father! may 1 tell 
 
 All my wants and woes to thee i 
 F*very want thou knowest well, 
 
 Every wo thine eye can see. 
 Twas thy hand that took away ■ 
 
 Father, mother, from my sigh: ; 
 dim that was my infant stay, 
 
 Her, that watched mo day and night 
 •? Yet I bless thee, for 1 know 
 
 Thou hast wounded me in love : 
 ^emied my heart from things belor? 
 
 That it miglii aspire g^>ove, 
 
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841, 2458 COMFORT IN AFFLICTTOK 
 
 Here 1 tarry for a -while ; » 
 
 Saviour . keep me near thy side ; 
 
 Cneer my journey with thy smile ; 
 Be my Father, Friend, and Guide 
 
 841 The Child's Hymn. 7'» 
 
 1 pOOR and needy though I be, 
 
 X God, my Maker, cares for ir>o j 
 'J^ives me clothing, shelter, food, 
 Gives me all 1 have of good. 
 
 2 Ho will listen when 1 pray, 
 He is with me night and day, 
 When I sleep and when I wake, 
 Keeps me safe for Jesus' sake. 
 
 3 He who reigns above tiie aky, 
 Once became as poor cn? I ; 
 
 He" whose blood for me was shed, 
 Had not where to lay his head. 
 
 4 Though 1 labour here awhile. 
 He will bless me with his smile • 
 And when this short hfe is past, 
 
 1 shall rest with him ai last. 
 
 ^J-^I^! Pleading with Ood under Jiffliction G M 
 
 I ^l^HY should a living man compiair 
 V\ Of deep distress within, 
 Since every sigh, and every pain, 
 Is but the fruit of sm ? 
 
 « No, Lord, I'll patiently submii, 
 Nor ever dare rebel ; 
 Vet Bure i may, here at thy faei 
 (V!y painful feeUufrs ten, • 
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 3 Thou treesi what rioods of sorrow ns©. 
 
 And beat upon my soul ; 
 
 One trouble to another cries, 
 
 Billows on billows roll. 
 
 4 From fear to nop«i, and hope to fear, 
 
 My ahipv/recked soul is tost ; 
 Till I &in tempted, in despair, 
 To give up all for lost. 
 
 5 Yet through the otormy clouds Tli looi 
 
 Once more to thee, my God; 
 O fix my feet upon a rock; 
 Beyond the gaping flood. 
 
 6 One look of mercy from thy face 
 
 Will .^et my heart at ease ; 
 One all-commandnig svord of grace 
 Will make the tempest cease. 
 
 24^ ril ,e^k Qod. C M. 
 
 \ OOON as I heard my Father sa}', 
 O '* Ye children, seek my grace ;'' 
 My heart replied, without dela> , 
 "I 11 seek my Father's face." 
 
 2 Lei not thy love be hid from me, 
 
 Nor frown my soul away ; 
 God of my life, I fly to thee 
 in each distressing day. 
 
 3 •":?hould friends and kindred, near aod d*'a 
 
 Leave me to want, or die, 
 My God will make my life hie care, 
 And all I need supply. 
 % vVait on the Lord, ye iremblins- nrmvT* 
 And keep your courage up ; 
 He'll raise your spirit Wtcri it iaiiit*i 
 And far exceed your hope;, 
 
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244 Kinantsg m AJflktion. C M 
 
 OTHOU whose mercy guidfca ray wnf 
 Though now it seem severe. 
 Forbid my unbelief to say, 
 
 " There is no mercy here." 
 D may I, Lord, desire the pain 
 
 That comes in kindiLCss down , 
 Far more than sweetest earthly gain, 
 
 Succeeded by a frown. 
 Then, though thou bend my apirit low, 
 
 Love only shall I see ; 
 The gracious hand that strikes thw blow 
 
 Was wounded once for me. 
 
 Si N. 
 
 5^45 I must not Sin. L. M 
 
 I f MUST not sin as many do, 
 i Lest I lie down in sorrow too ; 
 ^\:)i God is angry every day, 
 With wicked ones who go astray. 
 
 ^ From sinful words I must retrain ; 
 1 must not take God's name in vain ; 
 [ must not work, I must not play 
 Upon God's holy Sabbath-day. 
 
 3 And if my parents speak the word, 
 I must obey them in the Lord : 
 Nor steal, nor lie nor waste my duf¥ 
 [n idle tales and loolisli plavs. 
 Ii4 
 
9111 '^'ir«>, ^'^^ 
 
 il46 Tfu Decett of Sin. ^ ^'^■ 
 
 1 QIN has a thousand treacherous ariw 
 C5 To practise on the mind : 
 
 With flattering looks she tempts our hafLf*^ 
 But leaves a sting behind. 
 
 2 With names of virtue she deceivcB 
 
 The a^ed and the young j 
 A nd whUe the heedlesa wretch beiie^efe 
 
 She ijwakes his fetters strong. 
 5 Sne pleads for all the jOys she bringii, 
 
 And gives a fair pretence ; 
 Bui cheats the soul of heavenly ihmg^ 
 
 And chains it down to sense 
 
 SI47 Allurementi of Sin. 7^8 
 
 i IV/TANY voices seem to my, 
 
 iVl. ♦* Hither, children — -here's the ^ai* 
 
 Haste along, and nothing ieai 
 
 Every pleasant thhig is here ! ' ' 
 
 2 Yefl — but whither would ye leM t 
 Is it happiness indeed ? 
 
 Or a little shining show, 
 Leading down to death and wf ? 
 
 3 We were made for better thinga; 
 High as heaven our nature sprlngi ; 
 Like the lark that upward tlie«, 
 We were made to seek the skies. 
 
 4 We were made to love ajid fear 
 Tliat great God who placed us h®m^ 
 Made to study and fulfii 
 
 All his good and holy will. 
 
 5 We were made to work awhile, 
 Cheerful at our work to smile : 
 Thinking, as we labour thu^. 
 Of the heaven prepared kit ufe 
 
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248, 1149 sr®. 
 
 6 So, a pleasan' path we' K tread. 
 By the hand of Jesus led ; 
 Till, from sin and sorrow freed 
 Ours is happiness indeed ! 
 
 248 Buttwo fVcys. ^^^ ^ 
 
 1 rpHERE is a path that leads to God ; 
 
 Jl Ail others go astray ; 
 Narrow, but pleasant is the road, 
 And Christians love the way. 
 
 2 It leads straight through this world of mn, 
 
 And dangers must be past; 
 But those who boldly walk therein 
 Will come to heaven at last. 
 
 3 While the broad road w .lere thousands go 
 
 Lies near, and opens fair ; 
 And many turn aside, I know, 
 To walk with sinners there. 
 
 1 But, lest my feeble steps should slide, 
 
 Or wander from thy way. 
 Lord, condescend to be my guide, 
 And I shall never stray. 
 <^4-ll For Deliverance from Sin. ^» ^ 
 
 FATHER above, m mercy take 
 A helpless child beneath thy care. 
 Aad condescend, for Jesus' sake, 
 To Hsten to my feeble prayer. 
 
 2 I am a little sinful child. 
 
 And have a wicked heart within ; 
 O make me humble, meek, and mild 
 And wash me clean from every sin 
 S Tm not too young for thee to see. 
 
 Thou know' St my frame and naturo too, 
 Knd ail day long thou look'st on me. 
 Aiidaee'st my actions ihrough and through. 
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TPLExTESS AWI) PRIDE. *50 
 
 Thou hoarest all the words 1 say, 
 
 Anvi know'si the thoughts 1 have wiibin; 
 
 And whether I'm at work or play, 
 Art sure to see it if I sin. 
 
 can 1 ever tell a lie, 
 
 Or cheat in play, or steal, or fight 
 Now that I know that thou art by, 
 
 And hast me always in thy sight t 
 And when I want to do amiss. 
 
 However pleasant it may be, 
 
 1 now must always think of this- - 
 My heavenly Father looks at me. 
 
 IDLENESS AND PRIDE. 
 
 2*>0 Against Pride in Clothes. L. M. 
 
 ^ I.TOW proud we are. how fond to akow 
 
 r1 Our clothes, and call them neb and 
 / nevv ; 
 
 Wl en the poor sheep and silk- worms wor& 
 
 Th{ t very clothing long before ! 
 2 The tulip and the butterfly 
 
 Appear in gayer coats tliai^ I ; 
 
 Let me 'be drest fine as 1 will, 
 
 F'lies, worms, and flowers exceed uw stiii 
 S Then, will 1 set my heart to (md 
 
 Inward adornings of the mind ; 
 
 Knowledge and virtue, trutn and gr^ci^, 
 
 These are the rob«»8 of richeai; drens. 
 
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1?&1, <253 FiLSEHOOI) 
 
 4 No more shall worms with me compaur* i 
 This is the raiment angels wear : 
 
 The Son of God, when here below 
 Put on this blest apparel too. 
 
 5 In this, on earth, would I appear, 
 Then go to heaven, and wear it there » 
 God will approve it in his sight ; 
 
 'Tie his own work, and his delight. 
 
 FALSEHOOD AND PROFANE^ESS 
 
 251 Lymg. g ^ 
 
 ] f^ OD IS a God of truth, 
 
 vJT And hates a lying tongue ; 
 A nd what is more depraved in youth f 
 A liar bold and young . 
 i Nothing can be concealed 
 By the most artful lie ; 
 To God It is a* once revea'ed, 
 For he is ever by. 
 % A nd he will surely tell, 
 A t the great judgment-day, 
 All we had thought, concealed so well, 
 And hoped had passed away. 
 
 |j>^ Evil Company. C M 
 
 WHY should I jom with those m play. 
 In whom Fve no delight ; 
 Who curse and swear, but never pray, 
 Who call ill names, and fight f 
 148 
 
2 f hate to hear a wanton song ; 
 
 Their words jfiend my ears • 
 
 I would not dare defile my tongue 
 
 With language such as theirs. 
 
 3 Away from fools I'll turn my eyes. 
 
 Nor with the scoffers go ; 
 I would be walking with the wise 
 That wiser I might grow. 
 
 4 I hate to walk, I hate to dwell 
 
 With sinful children here ; 
 Then let me not be sent to hell, 
 Where none but sinners are. 
 
 «l^3 Forsaking- Sinners. t.- ^ 
 
 1 A NGELS that high in glory dwell, 
 -A Adore thy name, Almighty God . 
 And devils tremble down in hell, 
 
 Beneath the terrors of thy rod. 
 
 2 And yet how wicked children dare 
 
 Abuse thy dreadful, glorious name ! 
 And when they're angry, how they eweai, 
 And curse their fellows, and blaspheme. 
 
 3 I'll leave my playmates whom I hear 
 
 Profanely take thy name in vain ; 
 Lest I too learn to curse and swear. 
 And dwell with them in endless tiame 
 
 254 f^e cannot trust Liarg. L. M 
 
 \ /^ 'TIS a lovely thing for youih 
 ^-^ To walk betimes in wisdom's wav ' 
 To tear a he to speak the truth, 
 That we may truyt to all they say ! 
 H9 
 
2 But liars we can nevf^r trust, 
 
 Though they should speak the thmg 
 tkat's true j 
 And he that does one fault at first, 
 And hes to hide it, makes it two. 
 
 3 Have children never heard, nor read. 
 
 How God abhors deceit and wroiig f 
 How Ananias was struck dead, 
 Caught with a he upon hLs tongue f 
 i S(; didrhis wife Sapphira die, 
 
 When she came in, and grew so Lold 
 As to confirm the wicked lie. 
 That, just before, her husband told. 
 5 The Lord delights in them that speaiL 
 The words of truth ; but every l;ai 
 Must have his portion in the lake 
 That burns wuh brimstone and with litw. 
 
 235 Children Mocking. CM. 
 
 1 ^^UR tongues were made to bless th? 
 U Lord, 
 
 And not speak ill of men ; 
 When others give a railing wora, 
 We must not rail again. 
 
 2 Should any dare to be profane, 
 
 To mock, and jeer, and scoff 
 Ai holy things, or holy men. 
 The Lord shall cut them off 
 
 ^50 Save us from Falsehood. 7'» 
 
 I r ORD ! if e'er I dare to speaK 
 jLJ Words of falsehood , check my tongae , 
 Lest I sin against thy laws, 
 By committing what is wrong, 
 150 
 
4.15P PROFAWBinRSS. 2t« 7 
 
 i Plainly doth thy word declare 
 Thou the wicked dost dospisie 
 Who with base and impious lips 
 Utier fearful oaths and hes. • 
 
 3 Why, if I have dared commit 
 What is evil in thy sight, 
 Should I seek by an untruth 
 To conceal it from the light. 
 
 idle words and foolish jests 
 
 Are offensive, Lord, to thee; 
 Thou requirest in the heart 
 
 Perfect truth and purity. 
 
 5 Teach me, then, O Lord ! to shun 
 Evil speaking in my youth ; 
 S.o shall I in after-days 
 
 Hope to walk with thee in truth. 
 
 357 Lying. C ru 
 
 1 ''pHOSE children who a promise give 
 
 JL Should always keep their word ; 
 And falsehood from their little mouths 
 Should never once be heard. 
 
 2 For when a child a lie has told, 
 
 He cannot be believed ; 
 Not even when the triith he speaks, 
 Because he once deceived. 
 
 ^ O who a lie would dare to tell, 
 And bring himself to shame • 
 \nd thus offend the God of truths 
 And mock his holv name ! 
 
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iHB* 259 TIME UjrCERTAIW. 
 
 TIME UNCERTAIN. 
 
 *J58 Time i* Flying. C h 
 
 HOW long sometimes a day appears 
 And weeks, how long are they ! 
 Months move along, as if the years 
 Would never pass away. 
 
 1 But months and years are passing by, 
 
 And soon must all be gone ; 
 For day by day, as minutes fly, 
 Eternity comes on. 
 
 ^ Days, months, and years must have an evut 
 Eternity has none : 
 'Twill alv/ays have as long to spend 
 As when it first begun. 
 
 4 Great God, an infant cannot tell 
 How such a thing can be ; - 
 I only pray that I may dwell 
 That long, long time with thee. 
 
 *J59 To-morrow. S. W* 
 
 TO-MORROW, Lord, is thine 
 Lodged in thy sovereign hand : 
 And if its sun arise, and shine, 
 It shines by thy command. 
 
 2 The present moment flies, 
 And bears our hfe away ; 
 
 O make us children truly wieo 
 That, ve may 'ive to- day 
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TiMK- uircKRTAiir 5560, *6J 
 
 ? Since on this fleeting hour 
 Eternity is hung, 
 Waken by tliine almighty power 
 The aged and the young. 
 
 4 One thing demands our care 
 O be it still pursued ; 
 
 l-icst, slighted once, the season fair 
 Should never be renewed. 
 
 5 To Jesus may we fly, 
 Swift as the morning light j 
 
 Lesi life's young, golden beam should die 
 In sudden endless night. 
 
 260 Time Fleeting. S. M 
 
 1 r ORD, what a feeble piece 
 1-J Is this our mortal frame ! 
 
 Oar life — how poor a trifle 'tis, 
 That scarce deserves the name ! 
 
 2 Our moments fly apace. 
 Our feeble powers decay 
 
 Swift as a flood, our hasty days 
 Are sweeping us away. 
 
 3 Then, if our days must fly. 
 We'll keep their end in sight ; 
 
 We'll spend them all in wisdom's way, 
 And let them speed their flight. 
 
 4 They'll waft us sooner o'er 
 This life's tempestuous sea ; 
 
 Soon shall we reach the peaceful shore 
 Of blest eternity. 
 
 261 Danger of Delay. L. M 
 
 WHY sh<Juld I say. 'tis yet too soon 
 To seek for heaven or think of death ■ 
 A flower may fade before 'tis noon, 
 A.nd I this day may lose my breath. 
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3 What if the Lord in wrath deciaro, 
 While I refuse to read and pray, 
 That he'll refuse to lend an ear 
 To all my groans another day I 
 
 i 'Tis dangerous to provoke our God ; 
 
 His power and vengeance none can teli , 
 One stroke of his almighty rod 
 Can send young sinners quick to hell 
 
 Then 'twill for ever be in vain 
 To cry for pardon and for grace, 
 
 To wish 1 had my time again, 
 Or hope to see my Maker's face. 
 
 262 Today, h. M 
 
 I nr'^HAT awful hour will soon appear ; 
 1. Swift on the wings of time it tlies ; 
 When all that pains or pleases here 
 Will vanish from my closing eyes. 
 
 2 Death calls my friends, my neighbours hence, 
 None can resist the fatal dart : 
 Continual warnings strike my sense ; 
 And shall they Tail to reach my heart .' 
 
 ^ Think, O my soul ! how much depends 
 On the short period of to-day ; 
 Shall time, which heaven in mercy lenaa 
 Be negligently thrown away ? 
 
 i Ijord 01 my hfe, inspire my heart 
 
 With heavenly ardour, gra»je divine ; 
 Nor lei thy presence e'er depart ; 
 Foi strength, and life, ana deeth, art 
 thine. 
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Tsmi csrcERTAiTsr.. ^63, ^6^ 
 
 ^63 Life is a Span. 8. M 
 
 1 ]\/rY life's a narrow span, 
 It-I a short uncertain day 
 
 And if I reach the age of man, 
 It soon will pass away. 
 
 2 I may, for aught 1 know, 
 This hour the summons hear, 
 
 To call me where the wicked go, 
 Or where the saints appear. 
 
 3 Teach me, with all my hear 
 Thy mercy to embrace ; 
 
 May 1 from every sin depart. 
 In this, my time of grace. 
 
 S64i Delay not Repentance. (/. M 
 
 1 f\ 'TIS a folly and a crime 
 W To put religion by ; 
 For now is the accepted time, 
 
 To-morrow we may die. 
 
 2 Our hearts grow harder every day, 
 
 And more depraved the mind ; 
 The longer we neglect to pray. 
 The less we feel inclined. 
 
 3 Y^et sinners trifle, young and old 
 
 Until the dying day ; 
 Then they would give a worid of gold 
 To have an hour to pray. 
 
 4 O then, lest we should perish thus, 
 
 We would no longer wait ; 
 P'or time will soon be past with us. 
 And death will fix our state 
 
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265, 266 si^KJjrBBB. 
 
 4lf55 FratZti,. S. M. 
 
 THE lilies of the fields 
 That quickly fade away, 
 May well to us a lesson yield, 
 For we are frail as they. 
 
 2 Just like an early rose, 
 
 r ve seen an infant bloom : 
 But death, perhaps, before it blows, 
 Will lay it in the tomb. 
 
 3 Then let us think on death, 
 Though we are young and gay ; 
 
 For God, who gave our life and breathy 
 Can take them both away. 
 
 4 To God, who made them all. 
 Let children humbly cry ; 
 
 And then, whenever death may call, 
 They'll be prepared to die. 
 
 <=5ICKNESS. 
 
 'ieoC* Hope in Sicwnc?». *->. 'H 
 
 i ' '"piS sweet iu rest in lively hope, 
 
 JL That, when my change shall como, 
 Angels will hover round my bed, 
 And waft my spirit home. 
 
 t There shall my disembodied sou. 
 Behold him, and adore ; 
 Be with his likeness satisfied. 
 And grieve and sin no more. 
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SICKNESS. 2l>t.-'2€f>S 
 
 d Soon, too, my slumoering dust «*halJ heaj 
 Tke trumpet's quickening sound ; 
 And, by my Saviour's power rebuilt. 
 At his right hand be found. 
 4 If such the views which grace unfolds 
 Weak as it is below, 
 What raptures must the blest above, 
 in Jesus' presence, know. 
 
 'M^l For a sick Child. l^> M. 
 
 1 A LMIGHTY God ! I'm very ill, 
 /i But cure me if it be thy will ; 
 For thou canst take away my pain, 
 And make me strong and well again. 
 
 2 Let me be patient all the day, 
 
 And mind what those who nurse me say ; 
 And grant that all I have to take 
 May do me good, for Jesus' sake. 
 
 <bOcJ Recovery from Sickness. v>. M. 
 
 1 T THANK the Lord who lives on high, 
 J- Who heard an infant pray ; 
 
 And healed me that I should not die 
 And took my pains away. 
 
 2 O let me love and serve thiee, too. 
 
 As long as 1 shall live ; 
 
 And every evil ihmg I do, 
 
 F\>r Jesus' sake forgive. 
 
 269 Teacher's Illness. L. M 
 
 1 f'X THOU- before whose gracious 'throne 
 V-/ We bow our suppliant spirits down, 
 Regard our simple earnest prayer, 
 And make our teacher now thy care. 
 157 
 
^f9 DEATH. 
 
 2 Preseive thy servant from the grave ' 
 Stretch out thine arm, O Lord, to save! 
 Back to our hopes and wishes give 
 Our teacher, Lord, and bid him hve, 
 
 S Yet if our Bupolications fail. 
 And prayers and tears cannot prevail. 
 Be thou his strength, be thou hio sta>, 
 Support him through the narrow way. 
 
 \ A.round him may thy angels stand, 
 To bear him to a better land ; 
 To teach his happy soul to rise, 
 And waft him to the upper skies. 
 
 DEATH 
 
 ^70 Death of a Child. CM 
 
 ' ''T^IS Jesus speaks ! I fold, says he, 
 i- These lambs within my breast i 
 Protection they shall find in me, 
 In me be ever bless'd. 
 
 e Death may the bands of life unloose, 
 But can't dissolve my love ; 
 Millions of infant souls compose 
 The family above. 
 
 ? Their feeble frames my power shall rai»« 
 And mould with heavenly skill ; 
 f'll give them tongues to sing my praise 
 A nd hands to do my will. 
 158 
 
DEATH. 2'il,^Ti 
 
 4 His words the Iiappy parents hear 
 And shout with joy divine, 
 '' O Saviour ! all we have and are 
 Shall be for ever thin*} " 
 
 271 Reward of the faithful Teachers B, 7 
 
 WHEN the infant spirit, flying, 
 Smiles, and gladly leaves its cia> 
 On a Saviour's death relying, 
 Soaring to the world of day ; 
 
 i if beside that pillow, standing. 
 One there be, who taught it so 
 Led that little soul, expanding, 
 All the love of God to know ; 
 
 3 O how pure must be the pleasure, 
 Thus his sweet reward to see ; 
 As its life fulfils its measure, 
 As it seeks eternity ! 
 
 27^ The righteous Dead. 6,7 
 
 THINK, O ye who fondly languish 
 O'er the grave of those you love, 
 While your bosoms throb with anguish, 
 They are singing hymns above. 
 
 I While your silent steps are straying 
 
 Lonely through night's deepening shad. 
 Glory's brightest beams are playing 
 Round the happy Christian's head. 
 
 t Light and peace at once derivnig 
 From the hand of God most high ,• 
 In his glorious presence living, 
 Thev ishail never, never die. 
 
473, «74 DEATH. 
 
 4 Cease, then, mourner, cease to languisn 
 
 O'er the grave of those you love : 
 Pain, and death, and night, and anguish 
 Enter not the w^orld above. 
 
 ml 9J Death of a pious Child. b M., 
 
 WHEN sickness, pain, and deuin 
 Come o'er a godly child, 
 flow sweetly then departs the bu^ain i 
 The dying pang how mild I 
 
 t It gently sinks to rest, 
 As once it used to do 
 Upon its mother's tender breast, 
 And as securely too. 
 
 5 The spirit is not dead, 
 Though low the body lies ; 
 
 But, freed from sin and sorrow, fled 
 To dwell beyond the skies. 
 
 4 That death is but a sleep 
 Beneath a Saviour's care ; 
 And he will surely safely keep 
 The body resting there. 
 
 274 Death of a Scholar. C. % 
 
 DEATH has been here, and borne away 
 A brother from our side,- * 
 J ust in the morning oi his day, 
 As young as we, he died. 
 
 I Not long ago, he filled his place, 
 And sat with us to learn : 
 But he has run his mortal race, 
 And never can return. 
 160 
 
3 Perhaps our time may be as ehori. 
 
 Our days may Hy as fast ; 
 O Lord, impress the solemn thoufijb( 
 That this may be our laat ! 
 
 4 ill needful etrengih is thine lo give ; 
 
 To thes our souIb apply 
 For grace to teach us how to live, 
 And make ua fit to die. 
 
 j^ 7 § Thi Fe«r of Death removed. ^- ^ 
 
 ! 1 1711 y should we eiari and fear to d^^ k 
 \ V What timorous worms we mortals «ire 
 Death jfl the gate to endlesa joy. 
 And yet we dread to enter there 
 
 2 The pamB, the groans, the dymg 3tnf«>> 
 Fright our approaching suuia 'dw^y ; 
 And wo Bhrink back again r.o lire. 
 Fond of our prison and our clay, 
 
 5 O, if my Loid would corns and rneei, 
 
 My soul would stretch her wmgs in ba-St-t- 
 Fly fearless through death's iron gatf? 
 Nor feel the terrors as she past ' 
 
 4 Jesus can make a dyin^ beo 
 
 Feel soft us downy pillows are, 
 i^' hile on his breast I lean m.y head. 
 And breathe my hfe out sweetly thers 
 
 ;I76 Triumph in Deatk- L M 
 
 I I ESL'S ! my head must soon be laid 
 J In aonie cold grave beneath the Bhn,iU 
 But wherefore should I fear to di®, 
 "^invfi death haji lort the victory ? 
 
 L \6i 
 
% Yes, thou hast conquered even deatii, 
 Which can but take this feeble breath i 
 My 3oul shall Hye, and rise, and aixig 
 The praises of my glorious king. 
 
 277 Thoughts of Death. 8, T, 
 
 1 I i^T me think, if i were dying. 
 1--* (And 1 very soon must die,) 
 On what hope am I relying ? 
 
 To what refuge could I fly I 
 
 2 K oi a sister, nor a brother, 
 
 Nor the holiest of men ; 
 Nor a father, nor a mother, 
 Could afford me refuge then ! 
 
 3 They could only stand beside me, 
 
 Smooth my pillov^, mourn my fall ; 
 But death's power would soon divuiir me 
 From the dearest of them all. 
 
 '^7S polemn Thoughts. L. M, 
 
 1 \I ^HERE should I be, if God sh(Hi.'.d e^v 
 V w I must not live another day ; 
 t\rA send and take away my breath i 
 What is eternity and death? 
 
 I My body is of little worth, 
 
 Twoula soon be mingled with th« ed^nh 
 For we were made of clay, and muai 
 Again, at death, return to dust. 
 
 3 Yet heaven must be a world of b\\m. 
 Where God himself for ever is : 
 Where saints around his throne >*ciar2t, 
 4]?d never sin nor suffer mora 
 162 
 
DEATH. %m, ^m 
 
 4 Aiiit hell's a state of endless wo, 
 WlxTG urirepeuting sinners go ; 
 
 Bu«. none thai seek a Saviour's gmct? 
 Shall ever see thai dreadful place. 
 
 5 O, let me then at once apply 
 To him who did for sinners aie • 
 And this shall be my great reward, 
 To dwell for ever with the Lord. 
 
 « *? 1^ ji Saint prepared to du, ^ ' ^ 
 
 DEATH may dissolve my body now, 
 And bear my spirit home ; 
 Why do my minutes move so slow. 
 Nor my salvation come '{ 
 
 £ With heavenly weapons I have foughi 
 The battles of the Lord, 
 Finished my course, and kept the (aitii. 
 And wait the sure reward. 
 
 3 God has laid up in heaven for m© 
 
 A crown which cannot fade ; 
 The righteous Judge, at thai great day 
 Shall place it on my head. 
 
 4 Nor hath the King of grace decretid 
 This orize for me alone : 
 
 This prize for me alone ; 
 But all that love and long to 
 The appearance of his So/ 
 
 see 
 Son 
 
 '^SO Death of a Mother. ^-- ^ 
 
 > ^"pHE bosom where i oft have lain, 
 -i. And slept my mfant hours a-wa;^ , 
 '^'ill never beat for m« again, 
 'Tifi still, \n death ' '"T'm m>Xik^v^t»m cl-'^^ 
 
'^81 DXATH. 
 
 S How nianv were the silent prayers 
 My mother offered up for me , 
 How many were the bitter cares 
 She feit when none but God couid nes 
 
 3 Weil, she is gone, and now in heaven 
 She sings Iiis praise, who died for hei 
 And to her hand a harp is given, 
 And she's a heavenly worshipper. 
 
 4 let me thmk of all ah^e said, 
 
 And all the kind advice she gave ; 
 And let me do it now she's dead, 
 And sleeping in her lowly grave 
 
 5 And let me choose the path she chos«, 
 
 And her I soon again may yee, 
 Beyond this world of sin and woes, 
 With Jesus, in eternity. 
 
 281 The Grave, * ^ 
 
 . n"^.H£RE is a ffiassy bed, 
 -i A cold an«i gloomy cell, 
 in which some youthful head, 
 Reclined, will surely dwell ; 
 Before another pleasant spring 
 The first young violets shall bring ! 
 
 O, if on yonder side 
 
 A hand of dazzling fiarne 
 Should the blue heavens divide. 
 
 And write that young one's namo 
 His knees would shake, his blood tub ««jld, 
 Like the Chaldean king of old. 
 1S4 
 
3 With earnest hope and tear, 
 
 For pardon he'd implore, 
 And spend this hasty year 
 
 As he spent none before; 
 To Jesus Christ his soul would clin^. 
 As the one only needful thing. 
 
 4 Well, let the name be mine, 
 
 (As possibly it may,) 
 Great Saviour, mow incline 
 ■ This "thoughtless heart to pray ; 
 Help me to choose the better part ; 
 Help me to give thee all my heart. 
 
 6 Then, though the grassy bed. 
 
 The cold and gloomy cell, 
 Should bear my youthful head. 
 
 For me it will be well ; 
 Yes, better far than dwelling here, 
 Away from home, another year! 
 
 1282 Eternity, L. M 
 
 ^ T^TERNTTY le just at hand ; 
 X^ And shall I waste my ebbing sand ? 
 And careless view departing day. 
 And throw my precious time away ? 
 
 I Eternity ! — without a bound ; 
 To guilty souis a dreadful sound ! 
 But O, if Christ and heaven be mine, 
 How sweet the accents ! how divine ! 
 
 ? Be this my chief, my only care, 
 My high pursuit, my ardent prayer, 
 An interest in the Saviour's blood, 
 Mv pardon sealed, and peace with God 
 165 
 
28*1 Death of a Ckild. '^ -,§ 
 
 1 1\/T0URN not ye whose child nawh fw '.d 
 iVX Purer skies and holier ground ; 
 Flowers of bright and pleasant hus. 
 
 Free from thorns and fresh with dow. 
 
 2 Mourn not ye whose child hath fled 
 From this region of the dead, 
 
 To yon winged anwcl-band, 
 To a better, fairer land. 
 
 % Knowledge in that clime doth £^rovr 
 Free from weeds of toil and wo, 
 Joys which mortals mny not share 
 Mourn ye not your child is there, 
 
 284 For a dying Child t M 
 
 \ Tl/fY" heavenly Father ' J confess 
 iVjL That all thy ways are juetf 
 Although I faint with sore distress, 
 And now draw near the dust. 
 
 t How soon my little strength has fied. 1 
 My life will soon be past ; 
 smile iipon my dying bed, 
 And love me to the last. 
 
 I Once did the blessed Saviour cry, 
 "Let little children come;" 
 On this kind word I would rely, 
 Since I am going home. 
 
 i O take this guilty soul of mine 
 That now will soon be gone, 
 And wash it clean, and make it sMia^i 
 With heavenly garments on, 
 166 
 
i My neavenly Father! hear my prayei, 
 Accept my feeble praise ; 
 And let me quickly meet thee where 
 A nobler song ril raise. 
 
 285 Death of a Scholar. L. f^ 
 
 1 A MOURNING class, a vacant seal. 
 r\~ Tell us that one we loved to meet 
 Will join our youthful throng no more, 
 Till all these changing scenes are o'er. 
 
 2 No more that voice we loved to hear 
 Shall fill his teacher's listening ear ; 
 No more its tones shall join to swell 
 The songs that of a Saviour tell. 
 
 3 That welcome face, that sparkling eye, 
 And sprightly form, must buried lie; 
 Deep in the cold and silent gloom, 
 The raylese night that fill;? the tomb. 
 
 4 And we live on, but none can say 
 How near, or distant is the day 
 
 When death's unwelcome hand shall cosne 
 To lay us in our narrow home. 
 
 5 God tells us, by this mournful death, 
 How vain and fleeting is our breath, 
 And bids our souls prepare to meet 
 The trial of his judgment-seat. 
 
 286 Death-bed. C. M 
 
 J ^iniF^N bending o'er the brink of life, 
 ^' ' My trembling? soul shall stand, 
 W&itmg to nass deatli's awful flood, 
 Great God, at thy commrnd ; 
 
 i67 
 
*@1 DBATH^ 
 
 ?. \^' iLtn weeping friends surround my bed 
 And close my sightless eyes; 
 When burdened by the weight of year? 
 This broken body lies ; 
 
 • 3 When every long-loved scene of life 
 Stands ready to depart ; 
 When the last aigh that shakes the frame 
 Shall rend this bursting heart ; 
 
 4 Lav thy supporting gentle hand 
 
 beneath my sinking head ; 
 And, with a ray of love divine, 
 Ulume rny dying bed ! 
 
 5 Leaning on thy dear faithful breast, 
 
 May 1 resign my breath I 
 And in thy fond embraces, lose 
 The bitterness of death ! 
 
 287 ^ Thought of Death end Olory V,. M. 
 
 t ]\ /|"Y soul, come meditate the day, 
 iVl And think how near it standi, 
 When thou must quit this house of cley. 
 And fly to unknown lands. 
 
 3 (> could we die vnth those that die, 
 A.nd place us in their stead ; 
 Then would our spirits learn to fly, 
 And commune with the dead. 
 
 3 Then we should see the saints' aoovp 
 [n their own glorious forms. 
 And wonder why our youle should lovf 
 To dweii with mortal worms. 
 168 
 
»EATH. «^S 
 
 i We should almoBt forsake our clay 
 Before the summons came ; 
 Our souls would mount, and fly away 
 To iheir eternal home. 
 
 «l^8 SUeptng in Jesut 1* ^ 
 
 ASLEEP in Jesus ! blessed sleep ' 
 From which none ever wakes to woa? 
 A. calm and undisturbed repose, 
 Unbroken by the last of foes. 
 
 2 A^sleep in Jesua ! O, how sweet 
 To be for such a slumber meet ! 
 With holy confidence to sing 
 That death has lost his cruel sting, 
 
 3 \sieep in Jesus ! peaceful rest ! 
 Whose waking is supremely blest ; 
 N^o fear, no wo shall dim that hour 
 That manifests the Saviour's power. 
 
 4 A^sleep in Jesus ! O, for me 
 VTay such a blissful refuge be ; 
 securely shall my ashes lie^ 
 
 Waiting the summons from on high., ^ 
 
 ? \ sleep in Jesus ! far from thee 
 
 Fhy kindred and their graves may be 
 
 By: there is still a blessed sleep 
 
 F am wh:ch none ever wakes to weep. 
 
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J U D G M E JN 1 . 
 
 *J8^ Jud^me-nt-day. C M 
 
 i "|17HEN rising from the bed cf death, 
 * V O'erwhelmed with guilt aijd feai- 
 i see my Maker face to face — 
 O, how shall I appear ! 
 
 i If yet, while pardon may be found. 
 And mercy may be sought. 
 My heart with inward horror shrinks. 
 And trembles at the thought : 
 
 ?? When thou, Lord! shah stand diailoaed 
 In majesty severe, 
 And sit in judgment on my soul, 
 0, how Siiall I appear! 
 
 i Prepare me. Lord, to meet that day. 
 Ere yet it be too late, 
 When I shall view these solemn scenej^. 
 And feel tlreir awful weight. 
 
 *J90 Tlie Judge. S. M 
 
 \ A ND will the Judge descend ? 
 xL And nmst the dead arise ? 
 And not a single soul escape 
 His all-discernmg eyes ^ 
 
 i And from hi« righteous ^lips 
 
 Shall this dread sentence sound ? 
 And through the numerous guilty throng 
 Spread black despair around 'i 
 170 
 
5 *' Depart from me, accursed 
 To everlasting flame, 
 
 For rebel angels first prepared, 
 Where mercy never came.'" 
 
 4 How will my heart endure 
 The terrors of that day, 
 
 When earth and heaven before hi» faes 
 
 Astonished, shrink away ! 
 
 But efe the trumpet shakes 
 
 The mansions of the dead, 
 Hark from the gospel's cheerii*^ s^und 
 
 What joyful tidings spread ! 
 
 6 Ye sinners, seek his grace. 
 Whose wrath ye cannot Sear ; 
 
 Fly to the shelter of his cross, 
 And find salvation there. 
 
 7 So shall the curse remove, 
 By which the Saviour bled; 
 
 And the last awful day shall pous 
 His blessings on your head. 
 
 2^1 The wicked Child judged. L M 
 
 ( f TOW dreadful, Lord, will be i**^^ day 
 si- When all the tribes of dead shall um 
 /\nd those who dared to disobey 
 Be brought before thy piercing eyes . 
 ^ The wicked child, who often heard 
 His faithful teachers speak of thee, 
 A.nd fled from every serious word, 
 Shall not be able then to flee. 
 
 5 No teacher, then, shall bid him pray 
 
 To him, who now the smner hears, 
 For Christ himself shall turn ^v/ay 
 And show no pity to his tears. 
 
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4 Great God ! I tremtiie at the thought ; 
 And at thy feet for mercy bend, 
 That when to judgment I am brought, 
 The Judge himself may bo my F riaod 
 
 292 Time mis-spant. B M 
 
 1 A DREAD and solemn hour ^ 
 /jL To us is drawing near ; 
 
 When we, before the throne of God. 
 Al! present shall appear. 
 
 2 What answer shall we give, 
 When God himself demands, 
 
 The uses of such times as these, 
 In judgment at our hands f 
 
 3 And must we then confess 
 That all was spent in vain ; 
 
 The seasons that were once our own, 
 But cannot be again f 
 
 4 This will be wo indeed : 
 To regions of despair 
 
 Our own neglect will sink us dowe, 
 To mourn for ever there. 
 
 HEAVEN AND HELL. 
 
 5^93 Heaven. C. M. 
 
 \ ^HERE is a land of pure delight 
 X Wnere saints immortal reign; 
 Infinite day excludes the night, 
 And pleasures banish pain 
 172 
 
? There everiastmg spring abides, 
 And never witnering flowers ; 
 Death, lik« a narrow sea, divides ' 
 
 This neavenly land from ours. 
 
 3 Sweet iieJds beyond the swelling flood 
 
 Stand dressed in living green ; 
 
 80 to the Jews old Canaan stood, 
 
 While Jordan rolled between. 
 
 4 B ut timorous mortals start, and ehrinif 
 
 To cross the narrow sea ; 
 And linger, shivering on the bnnk, 
 And tear to launch away. 
 
 5 Oj could we make our doubts remove, 
 
 Those gloomy doubts that rise ; 
 And aee the Canaan that we love, 
 With unbeclouded eyes ; 
 
 6 Gould we but climb where Moses stood, 
 
 And view the landscape o'er ; 
 Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood 
 Should fright us from the shore. 
 
 SA94 Heaven and Hell. S, ftd 
 
 \ '^T^HERE is, beyond the sky, 
 X A heaven of joy and love ; 
 A.nd godly children, when they die. 
 Go to that world above. 
 i There is a dreadful hell, 
 And everlasting pains ; 
 There sinners must for ever dwell, 
 In darkness, fire, and chains. 
 3 Cam such a wretch as i 
 Escape this dreadful end i 
 Ind may I hops, whene'er i die, 
 I shall to heavep aacend ? 
 
 ITS 
 
295, ^Clft HEAVEN ASD nK&lu 
 
 i Then will I read and pray 
 While I have Ufe and breath • 
 LQ3t I should be cut off to-day, 
 And sent to endless death. 
 
 l©|l^& Q_ucstions and Prayar, C. M 
 
 WHY should I love my sport so well. 
 So constapt at my i lay 
 And lose the thoughts of Leaven and <ieii 
 And then iorget to pray ? 
 
 i What do 1 read my Bible for, 
 But, Lord, to learn thy will? 
 And shall i daily know thee more, 
 And less obey thee still ? 
 
 'i How senseless is my heart, and wild 
 How vain are all my thoughts ! 
 Pity the folly of a child, 
 And pardon all my faults. 
 
 4 Make me thy heavenly voice to hear, 
 
 And let me love to pray ; 
 Since God will lend a gracious ear 
 To what a child can say. 
 
 2116 Hojis of Heaven. C. V 
 
 5 ll/'HEN I can read niy title cleai 
 
 ^^ To mansions in the skies 
 I'll bid farewell to every fear, 
 And wipe my weeping eyea. 
 
 2 Should earth agamst my soul ^iigi^j^e 
 And fiery darts be huried, 
 1'hen I can smile at Satan's rag*.-. 
 And face a frowning world. 
 174 
 
3 l^i cares like & wild delude come, 
 
 Aod storms of sorrow fall ; 
 May 1 but oal'ely reach my home, 
 My God, my heaven, my ali. 
 
 4 There shall i bathe my weary soiij 
 
 In seas of heavenly rest, 
 And not a wave of trouble roll 
 Across my peaceful breast. 
 
 "d^l Hope of Heaven. P. ^ 
 
 RISE, my soul, and stretch thy wings 
 Thy better portion trace ; 
 R-ise from transitory things 
 
 Towards heaven, thy native place ; 
 t^un, and moon, and stars decay, 
 
 Time shall soon this earth remove ; 
 Rise, rny soul, and haste away 
 
 To seats prepared above. 
 2 Rivers to the ocean run. 
 
 Nor stay in all their course ; 
 Fire, ascending, seeks the sun, 
 
 Both speed ttiem to their source ; 
 So the soul that's born of God 
 
 Pants to view his glorious fac« 
 Upward tends to his abode, 
 
 To rest in his embrace. 
 
 5 Cease, ye pilgrims, cease to moams 
 
 Press onward to the prize ; 
 Soon our Saviour will return, 
 
 Triumphant, in the skies : 
 ¥ (Dt a season, and you know 
 
 Happy entrance will be ghmi 
 411 our sorrows left below, 
 
 And earth ©xchejiged for be^vaia.. 
 
1 /^N Jordan's stormy banks I stand 
 yj And cast a wishful eye 
 To Canaan's fair and happy land. 
 
 Where my possessions he. 
 O the transporting, rapturous scene 
 
 That rises to my sight ! 
 '^weet fields, arrayed in living grtjen. 
 And rivers of delight ! 
 ^ 'Jn all those wide-extended plains 
 Shines one eternal day ; 
 i'here God the Son for ever reigns, 
 And scatters night away. 
 4 No chilling winds, nor poisonous breath 
 Can reach that healthful shore ; 
 Sickness and sorrow, pain and dcaift, 
 Are felt and feared no more. 
 ^ When shall I reach that happy piaco, 
 And be for ever blest f 
 When shall I see my Father's face. 
 And in his bosom rest ? 
 
 IS99 Ths Young in Eca^m. C. l*^. 
 
 1 YSr^^'f' souls are those i.hat venture t».5aj 
 V V The throne of God to see f 
 Ten thousand happy ones, who here 
 Were children such as we ' 
 t Their sins the Saviour washed jiway, 
 Ho made them white and clean ; 
 They loved his word, they loved his dsy ; 
 Tney loved him though unseen. 
 3 Now under many a grassy mound 
 Their youthful bodies rest, 
 Siit safe their happy souls are found 
 Upon tboir Saviour' a breaat- 
 176 
 
HBAV«]f AND HEfcL. SlKI, £S01 
 
 4 O may we travel, as they trod, 
 
 The path that leads to heaven, 
 And seek forgiveness from that God 
 Who hath their sins forgiven. 
 
 5 Dear Saviour, hear our humble cry, 
 
 And our young hearts renew ; 
 Then raise our ransomed souls on high, 
 That we may see thee too. 
 
 lii)0 Who shall live in Heaven. S M 
 
 I '^pHERE IS a land above, 
 1- Ail beautiful and bright, 
 And those who love and seek the Lord 
 Rise to that world of light. 
 
 2 There sin is known no more, 
 Nor tears, nor want, nor care ; 
 Therie good and happy beings dwell, 
 And all are holv there. 
 
 30 J Heaven. v-^. M 
 
 I '^pHERE is a glorious world of light 
 X Above the starry sky. 
 Where saints departed, clothed in whitw, 
 Adore the Lord most high. 
 
 And hark ! amid ihe sacred son^s 
 
 Those heavenly voices raise, 
 Ten thousand, thousand iniant tonguee 
 
 Unite and sing his praise. 
 
 $ These are the hymns that we shah know. 
 If Jesus we obey ; 
 1 aat is the phice where we shall go, 
 li found in wisdom's way. 
 
 M IT7 
 
$0^, 303 HEAVEN ABTl) HEL*. 
 
 302 Eternity. C. M 
 
 i '"piiE sun mat lights the worM shall fad© 
 ■i- The siars shall pass away 
 And i, a child immonal made, 
 Shall witness their decay. 
 
 2 Yes, i shall live when they are dead, 
 Though now so bright they shine ; 
 When earth and all it holds have fled. 
 Eternity is rnjne. 
 
 B For 1 can never, never die, 
 V/hile God himself remains' 
 But I must live m heaven on high, 
 Or where deep darkness reigns. 
 
 4 If heaven and hell ne'er pass awa) , 
 To Christ, let me flee ; 
 If pain oe hard for one short day, 
 What must forever be ? 
 
 30*J The J^ew Jerusaltm. C. U 
 
 JERUSALF^M! my happy home 
 Name ever dear to me ! 
 When shall my labours have an end, 
 In joy, and peace, and thee ? 
 
 2 9 when, thou city of my God, 
 Shall 1 thy courts ascend ; 
 Where congregations ne'er break up 
 And Sabbaths have no end ? 
 
 B There happier bowers than Eden's hioam, 
 Nor sin, nor sorrow know : 
 Blest seats ! through rude and stormy aceriss 
 I onvirard prci4» t/j you. 
 17^ 
 
S(M 
 
 MORNIBfQ. 
 
 Why should i shrink at pain and wo, 
 
 Or feci at death dismay ? 
 I've Canaan's goodly land in view, 
 
 And realms of endlesa day. 
 
 Apostles, niariyrs, prophets, there 
 Around my Sav our stand ; 
 
 And soon my friends in Christ below 
 Will join the glorious band. 
 
 Jerusaieni ! my happy home ! 
 
 My soul still pants for thee ; 
 Then shall my labours have an end. 
 
 When I thy joys shall see. 
 
 M O R N 1 N G. 
 
 il04: Murning Praise, C U 
 
 1 "OEHOLD once more the morning sax) 
 JlJ How shming bright and gay . 
 Cheerful I'll leave my peaceful bed. 
 And read, and sing, and pray. 
 
 I Through Jesus' kind, indulgent care, 
 In peace 1 laid me down ; 
 And 'tis his soft, bright beams of love 
 My waking moments crovi^n. 
 
 3 No sad alarm my slumbers broke, 
 No terror, fear, or dread; 
 No sickness seized my tender trame 
 Nor flames came round my bed. 
 
 17^ 
 
J05, 306 MOHifiifo. 
 
 » Lord ! condescend to teach a child 
 I'o praise the Saviour's love ; 
 O, let me hve to thee beiow, 
 And dweJl with thee above. 
 
 dOO MoTiitng Hymn. O, ift! 
 
 1 ^^HROUGH all the dangers of the m^^ 
 ^ Preserved, O Lord ! by thea, 
 Again we hail the cheerful light, 
 Again we bow the knee. 
 
 3 Freserve us, Lord! throughout the auf, 
 
 And guide us by thy arm ; 
 For they are safe, and only they, 
 Whom thou dost keep from harm. 
 8 Let all our words, and all our ways, 
 Declare that we are thine, 
 That so the hght of truth and grace 
 Before the world may shine. 
 
 4 Let us ne'er turn away from thee • 
 
 Dear Saviour, hold us fast, 
 Till, with immortal eyes, we see 
 Thy glorious face at last. 
 
 elOfl Morning Hymn. C "hi 
 
 THE morning breaks ; my voices 1 raise, 
 To thee, great God, above; 
 Accept my prayer, my feeble praise. 
 In kindness and in love. 
 * Forgive the crimes that I have done i 
 iVfy follies I deplore ; 
 And since another day's begun, 
 O may I love thee more- 
 i Preserve me from all ill, I pray 
 And guide me with thine eye. 
 And grant through every hoai I may 
 On grace divine rely. 
 180 
 
4 Keep me from sinful thoughts, O ijord, 
 
 A.nd make my heart sincere ; 
 MaJte me to read thy holy word 
 With reverence and fear. 
 
 5 Then shall I be prepared below 
 
 For thy eternal home ; 
 Where pleasures like a river flow, 
 And sorrows never come. 
 
 M}7 Thanks for the Light. L. % 
 
 '* O ^^^ ' ^ \hKx\k thee that the night 
 ^~y In peace and rest has passed away. 
 And that I see my Father's smile, 
 In this fair light that makes it day. 
 ^ Be thou my guide, and let me hve 
 As under thy all-seeing eye ; 
 Supply my wants, my sins forgive, 
 And make me happy when Idie. 
 
 J308 Going- to Sabbath-school. L» M 
 
 I 'TiHE hour is come, I will not stay, 
 JL But haste to school without delay, 
 
 Nor loiter here, for 'tis a crime 
 
 To trifle thus with precious time. 
 I Say shall my teachers wait in vain. 
 
 Ana of my sad neglect complain ? 
 
 No ! rather let me strive to be 
 
 The first of all the family. 
 i I should be there with humble mind, 
 
 To seek the instruction I may find ; 
 
 And while I hear the sacred page, 
 
 may its truths my heart engage. 
 * These goldeii hours will soon be o'er 
 
 When I can go to school no more ; 
 
 How shall I tnen endure the thought 
 
 Of having spent my time for nought f 
 (81 
 
I09, 310, ail monmw&. 
 
 «*0»f Morning- MtrcieM 8^8 
 
 HIS mercies, in Jesus rene\^<3d, 
 Elach morning I wake to adofQj 
 A fountain of infinite good, 
 
 A sea without bottom or shore : 
 My Lord, inexpressibly kind ! 
 
 O when shall I thank him above, 
 To Jesus eternaby joined, 
 Absorbed in the depths of his love 
 
 'I I JMoming Hymn. L. M 
 
 i A WAKE, my soul, and with the sun 
 
 l\ Tliy daily stage of duty run ; 
 
 Shake off dull sloth, and early rise, 
 
 To pay thy morning sacrifice. 
 i Glory to Thee, who safe hast kept. 
 
 And hast refreshed me, while I slept ; 
 
 Grant, Lord, when I from death shall wake 
 
 i may of endless life partake. 
 i Lord, 1 my vows to thee renew, 
 
 Scatter my sins as morinng dew ; 
 
 Guard my first springs of thought and will, 
 
 And with thyself my spirit fill. 
 * Direct, control, suggest, this day, 
 
 All I design, or do, or say ; 
 
 That all my powers, with ail their might 
 
 In thy sole glory may unite. 
 
 Jll I Morning Mercies- S M 
 
 I 4 sVAKE ' my heart, awake ! 
 A Thy gracious God to praise ; 
 Who condescends such care to take. 
 And lengthen out my dayii. 
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2 Whii<? some have passed the nig hi 
 
 In restlessness and pain ; 
 I rise in health, to see the light, 
 And seek the Lord again. 
 
 3 This day will many die ! 
 
 This hour what numbers go ! 
 Wiiat if my soul be called to fly, 
 
 And I that change should know f 
 Lord, come, and be my guide 
 
 Through this uncertain space ; 
 Keep m.e for ever near thy sido, 
 
 And grant a child thy grace. 
 
 E V E N 1 iN G. 
 
 «ll. ^ -An Evening Hymn. C , m 
 
 1 J NDULGENT Father, by whose :ar« 
 A I've passed another day. 
 
 Let me this night thy mercy share 
 And teach me how to pruy. 
 
 2 Show me my sins, and how to mourn 
 
 My guilt before thy face ; 
 Direct me. Lord, to Christ alone, 
 
 And save me by thy grace. 
 ? Speak to my conscience, speak my pe&c« 
 
 Through his atoning blood : 
 And grant me, Lord, a full release 
 
 From sin's oppressive load, 
 
313, 314 XfriHiira. 
 
 4 Show me my wants, and .et me crfi¥$ 
 
 Nothing but what is right ; 
 Help me by faith on thee to live, 
 Then change my faith to sight. 
 
 5 Guide me through \ne'& uncertain psth 
 
 N or lei me from thee stray ; 
 Preserve my jfleeting, mortal breath, 
 Through each revolving day. 
 
 6 Let each returning night declare 
 
 The tokens of uiy n)ve ; 
 And every hour thy grace prepare 
 . My soul for joys above. 
 
 7 And when on earth I close mine eyes. 
 
 To sleep in death's embrace, 
 Let me to heaven and glory rise, 
 To enjoy thy smiling face. 
 
 Jli3 The mght of Death. ^ M. 
 
 1 rpHE day is past and gone ; 
 
 -L The evening shades appear 
 O may we all remember well 
 The night of death draws near. 
 
 2 We lay our garments by, 
 Upon our beds to rest ; 
 
 So death shall soon disrobe us all 
 Of what we here possessed. 
 
 3 Lord, keep us safe this night, 
 Secure from all our fears ; 
 
 May angels guard us while we sleep. 
 Till morning hghi appears, 
 
 »» i.^ Evening Hymn. 1^ M 
 
 I r^ LORY to thee, my God, this night 
 
 VJT For all the blessings of '.he light ; 
 
 Keep me, keep me, King of kings, 
 
 Under the shadow of thy wings. 
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BTKBriHO 8! 5 
 
 ? Forghe me. Lord, for thy dear Son, 
 The ills which T this day have done ; 
 That with the world, myself, and thee, 
 [, e'er I sleep, at peace may be. 
 
 ^ may my soul on thee repose, 
 
 And with sweet sleep my eyelids close ; 
 Sleep, that may me more active mak© 
 To serve my God, when 1 awake. 
 
 ' Teach me to live, that I may dread 
 The grave as little as my bed ; 
 Teach me to die, that so I may 
 With joy behold the judgment-day. 
 
 f [f wakeful in the mght I lie, 
 
 My soul with heavenly thoughts supply; 
 Let no ill dreams disturb my rest, 
 Vo powers of darkness me molest. 
 
 ? Let my blest guardian, while 1 sleep, 
 Thy watchful station near me keep ; 
 My heart with love celestial fdl, 
 And save me from ih' approach of ilL 
 
 * Praise God, from whom all blessings ilow 
 Praise him, all creatures here below ; 
 Praise him above, ye heavenly host ; 
 Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
 # lO Another Day passed. »-* '^^ 
 
 1 A N OTHER day its course has run, 
 jfl. And still, O God ! thy child is bleB-. 
 For thou hast been by day my sun, 
 
 And thou wilt be by night my rest. 
 
 2 Sweet sleep descends my eyes to clos6, 
 
 And soon, when all the world is atiii, 
 I'll give my body to repose, 
 afy spirit to my Father's will. 
 
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516, 3!T Evici!(rtF»- 
 
 316 Solhude. C .M 
 
 1 T LOVE to steal a while yway 
 1. From every cijmberiTig care ; 
 And spend the hours of setting day 
 
 In humble, giatetul prayer. 
 
 2 i love in solitude to shed 
 
 The penitential tear; 
 And all his promises to plead 
 
 Where none but God can bear. 
 I love to thmk on mercies past, 
 
 And future good implore ; 
 And all my cares and sorrows cast 
 
 On him whom I adore. 
 
 4 1 love by faith to take a view 
 
 Of bi'ghter scenes in heaven 
 The proj.pect doth my strength renew, 
 While liere by tempests driven. 
 
 5 Thus wlien life's toilsome day is o'er, 
 
 Mav its departing ray 
 Be calm as this impressive hour, 
 And lead to endless day. 
 
 tf 1, T ' God's Protection. ^''s 
 
 ! TNSPIRER und hearer of prayer, 
 i Thou Shepherd and guardian of thine, 
 M y all to thy covenant care 
 1, sleeping or waking, resign, 
 2 If thou art my shield and my sun, 
 The night is no darkness to me 
 And fast as my minutes roll on, 
 They bring me but nearer to thee. 
 3 A sovereign protector I have, 
 Unseen, yet for ever at hand ; 
 'Jnchangeably faithful to save, 
 Almighty to rule and command. 
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I5V15^IW5* 3S8. ''Ill' 
 
 4 Hia smiles and his comforts abound, 
 
 His grace, as the dew. shall descend , 
 And walla of salvation surround 
 The soul he delights to defend. 
 
 .18 Evening Hymn. ^' ^ 
 
 AND now another lay is gone, 
 I'll sing my iMaker's praise ; 
 "Vly comforts every hour make known 
 His providence and grace. 
 i But how my childhood runs to waste ! 
 My sins how great their sum ! 
 Sjord, give me pardon for the past, 
 And strength for days to come. 
 
 3 I lay my body down to sleep, 
 
 Let angels guard my head ; 
 And through the hours of darkness keep 
 Their watch around my bed. 
 
 4 With cheerful heart 1 close my eyeSj 
 
 Since thou wilt not remove ; 
 And in the morning )et me rise 
 Rejoicing in thy love. 
 
 SID Saturday mgU. C M 
 
 \ f^OD over all, for ever blest ! 
 vT Grant me thy grace within ; 
 That ] may keep to- morrow 'a rest, 
 A rest indeed from sin : 
 ? A rest irom all my usuai piay, >» 
 
 A holy rest in Thee ; 
 Then will thy blessed Sabbath-day 
 Be a sweet rest to me. 
 3 Lord sanctify my ev«ry thought 
 In these my days of youth ; 
 ^lake me remember what Vm ifeiight 
 Out of hy word of truth. 
 
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3^0, 321 OPBWTK© SCHOOt. 
 
 4 G teach me how to pray anght, 
 
 Aud wliat to ask of rhee • 
 That M-hen I'm kneeling in t&y sight, 
 I may not thoughtless be. 
 
 5 But give rae faith to look above, 
 
 And see my Jesus there. 
 To feel a dying Saviour's love, 
 In anawer to my prayer. 
 
 «I20 Evening Won hip. L ^^ 
 
 1 T HEAR the call—I wi-U not stay, 
 JL But take my seat without delay; 
 Should others loiter, I'll be ihe»-e, 
 Nor will I mi&s the time of prayer. 
 
 2 When darkness shades the distant liill, 
 The little birds are hid and still ; 
 
 And I a quiet sleep mav take, 
 For my Creator is awake. 
 S 'Tis sweet to lie upon my bed, 
 
 And think my Saviour guards my head: 
 And he a helpless child can keep 
 Throughout the silent hours of sleep. 
 
 OPENING SCHOOL. 
 
 S^ t Prayer on opening School. S. SA 
 
 I TVTOW we've assembled here, 
 1^ To read, to learn, and pray ; 
 Shed on us, mighty God, thy fear. 
 To keep us :hrough the day. 
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OPEISIKQ SCHOOL S22. SS* 
 
 ? Be vanity afar, 
 
 And every evil thought ; 
 O let UP think how blest we are, 
 In being rightly taught. 
 3 Nor let us lightly hold 
 
 The blessing that is given ; 
 To learn that love that caw't be told 
 Which angels sing in heaven 
 Impress upon our hearts, 
 Great Spirit, all we rearl ; 
 And when all other stay departs, 
 This will be sweet indeed. 
 322 A Blessing asked. L. U 
 
 i /\ SSEMBLED in our school once more, 
 -ljL O Lord, thy blessing we implore ; 
 We meet to read, and sing, and pray, 
 Be with us, then, through this thy day. 
 
 2 Our fervent prayer to thee ascends, 
 For parents, teachers, foes and friends, 
 And when we in thy house appear, 
 Help us to worship in thy fear. 
 
 3 When we on earth shall meet no more, 
 May we above to glory soar ; 
 
 And praise thee in more lofty strains, 
 Where one eternal Sabbath reigns. 
 i^H Prayer to Ovd. T% 
 
 117 HEN we children bend the knee 
 « V Round the mercy -seat of love 
 Then our voices rise to thee, 
 God omnipotent above I 
 2 Abie thou to seek, to save, 
 Able to forgive and bless ; 
 Grant each bleBsin^ that we crav6, 
 Pardon gin we aU confess. 
 
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3 Teach ue. ♦vhat we oughi to eeek^ 
 Now all prostrate in thy si^ht; 
 We are sintul, poor, and weak, 
 I'hou alone caast lead us right. 
 
 a24 Prayer. C. M 
 
 1 A DMITTED where thy truths are taught 
 jTI. While pious hearts adore ; 
 
 Father in heaven ! my spirit ought 
 Thy blessing to implore. 
 
 2 Instruct my ignorance, I pray ; 
 
 My wayward passions tame ; 
 From every folly guard my way, 
 From every sin reclaim. 
 
 3 With humble awe thy power 1 see 
 
 Thy boandlesB mercy sing, 
 Few words become a child like me 
 Before bo great a King. . 
 
 4 Teach me thy precepts to fulfil, 
 
 To trust in Him who died, 
 To yield aubmisaion to his will, 
 For all is vain beside. 
 
 5>^^ Attention at School. L. M. 
 
 1 r\ EAR children i have you ever thougir. 
 .lJ That you will come to school in sais 
 Unless you think of what you're tau§:ht 
 
 And try instruction to obtain ? 
 
 2 Allow no idle thought or look, 
 
 Let no dliiufbing sound be heard ; 
 And vvhen you read God's holy book, 
 Be sure you mnid it every word. 
 5 His holy will is written there, 
 
 For our instruction 'tis designed* 
 Then surely we should never dare 
 To read il with a thoughtlesa mmd.. 
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 ostOSiJirci SCHOOL. '1265. >3fiii 
 
 CLOSING SCHOOL, 
 
 '3%^ Blessing asked. P M. 
 
 ON what has now been sown, 
 Thy blessing , Lord, bestow; 
 The power is thine alone 
 
 To make it spring and grow : 
 Do thou the gracious harvest raise, 
 And thou, alone, ehalt have the praise. 
 
 Il^d T Directions on leaving School. ^'. '^ 
 
 I. |V[OW, children, to God's house repdr, 
 1^ And with the holy throng 
 O give your hearts to humble prayer» 
 And raise the cheerful eong. 
 
 t Praise God, whose mercies brought you here 
 Whose goodneas keeps you still ; 
 Whose grace with joy your 80ul» can ctmm 
 Whose power subdues your will. 
 
 ^ Improve the strength you here have gainsn 
 To do his holy will : 
 Improve the knowledge here attamed, 
 I'o love and serve him still. 
 
 i Yet not the world have causae to say, 
 Y ou served your God for nought , 
 Bit grow in grace from day to day, 
 
 ks you have here been taught. 
 
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«S!dSo RejltUton on leaving ^hooi. O M, 
 
 1 A ND now another hour is past, 
 -HL Of kind instruction given ; 
 And this, perhaps, may be th« last 
 On this aide hell or heaven. 
 
 And is it so ? How dread the ttiouglsij 
 
 And yet indeed how true ! 
 If I could feel it as I ought, 
 
 This day, what should I do? 
 
 8 O surely pirize it more and more, 
 And pray that Gud would give 
 A death of gain, if life be o'e?i 
 And blessmg, if f live. 
 
 THE YEAii. 
 
 J*J9 Many have died. '^"s 
 
 I V\TE.lhE with ceaseless course xne buh 
 '^^ Hasted through the former yem. 
 iviany souls their race have run, 
 N ever more to meet us nere • 
 Fixed in their eternal state, 
 
 They have done vinth ell belo>^ , 
 We a little longer wan, 
 But how httle none can ^ow. 
 
THE S-EA.a. '13s 
 
 i 48 me winged arrow flies, 
 
 Speedily, the mark to find ; 
 As the lightniiig from the ekies 
 
 Darts, and leaves no trace behind 
 Swiftly thu8 our fleeting days 
 
 Bear us down life's rapid streani ; 
 Upward, Lord, our spirits raise. 
 
 Ail below is but a dream. 
 Thanks for mercies past receive. 
 
 Pardon of our sins renew ; 
 Teach us henceforth how to live, 
 
 With eternity in view. 
 Bless thy word to young and old, 
 
 Fill us with a S'aviour's love ; 
 And when hfe's short tale h told, 
 
 May we dwell with thee above. 
 
 Utm Time fiits. C. M 
 
 I r\ OICKLY my days have passed awaj, 
 v:^ How soon, alas, they're gone I 
 Lite's gayest scenes decline in nasie, 
 Just like the setting sun. 
 % Always in motion, ne'er at rest, 
 My minutes onward roll ; 
 3 wilt to pursue their destined course. 
 
 And soon to reach the goal. 
 Sternal pains, or endless joys, 
 
 Stand waiting at tne door ; 
 1 he moments past, or those to com©, 
 Are not within rny power. 
 4 'jod of my strength and of my hop©, 
 Ii^ whom I live and move, 
 ^lalp me by thine instructive grui><» 
 \ Tbe pre^siiit lo improve. 
 
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i:%k^ 332 THE YEAH. 
 
 S And if through this revolving year 
 Thou shouldst my life prolong, 
 O may thy wisdom guide my steps, 
 Thy praise employ mv tongue. 
 
 331 Recflllution of Sin. O M 
 
 THIS year ifi hastening too away 
 The hours are ciosmg faat ; 
 My heart, alas l has much to say 
 About the tune that's past. 
 
 ? How oft I've risen from my bed, 
 And not remembered prayer , 
 Or if the words of prayer I've said, 
 My thoughts have been elaewherts 
 
 i III temper, passions, hateful pride, 
 
 Have grieved my friends and Thetj • 
 And seldom I've sincerely tried, 
 Gentle and good to be. 
 
 4 But, Lord, thou hast already knowi 
 More of my guilt than I ; 
 There's not a fault that I can own 
 Too small for God to spy. 
 
 »^3^ God has preserved U3. L, M« 
 
 GREAT God I wc sing that mighty h%Jk 
 By which supported still we stand 
 The opening year thy mercy shows : 
 Let mercy crown it till it close. 
 
 I By day, at night, at home abroakd 
 Still we are guarded by our God ; ^ 
 By his incessant bounty fed, 
 Sy hi^ unerring counael led. i 
 
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MI8SIO]!rART. i3>i 
 
 In scenes exalted or depressed, 
 Be thou our joy, and thou our rest ; 
 Thy goodness all our hope shall raise, 
 Adored through all our changing days 
 When death shall interrupt our eongti. 
 And seal in silence mortal tonguea : 
 Thy praises shall our lips employ 
 In the eternal world of joy. 
 
 MISSIONARY. 
 
 J33 T^e Bible for tke Htatlun. 
 
 1 OEE that heathen mother stand 
 
 O Where the sacred currents tlow , 
 With her own maternal hand. 
 ' Mid the waves her infant throw . 
 
 2 Hark ! I hear the piteous scream ; 
 
 Frightful monsters seize their prtsy ; 
 Or the dark and bloody stream 
 Bears the struggling child away 
 
 3 Fainter now, and fainter still, 
 
 Breaks the cry upon the ear ; 
 But the mother's heart is steel, 
 
 She, unmoved, that cry can hear 
 i Send, O send, the Bible there , 
 
 Let its precepts reach ihe heart . 
 She may then her children spare 
 
 She may act the mother's pmt 
 
4J1t, S3S aisaiosAa^. 
 
 !l34 The Heathen perish, L M 
 
 i n"^HE heathen perish,— day by ds>% 
 1. Thousands on thousands pa3» awsy , 
 O Christians, to their rescue fiy, 
 Preach Jesus to them ere they die. 
 
 'i Wealth, talents, labour, freely giye. 
 Spend and be spent, thatth^y may hvi^, 
 What hath your Saviour done fur y-.-i^ 
 And what for him would you aoi do? 
 
 «>0€5 Salvation for the Heathen 7 
 
 i OROM Greenland's u^y mouniaius, 
 £ From India's t^oral strand, 
 Where Airic'a sunny fountanis 
 
 Roll down their golden sand ; 
 Fron; many an ancient river, 
 
 From many a palmy plain, 
 They call ua to deUver 
 
 Their land from error's chsin 
 
 2 What though the spicy breezes 
 
 Blow soft o'er Ceylon's iale ; 
 Though every prospect pleases 
 
 And oidy mati in vile : 
 so yam with lavish kindness 
 
 The gifts of God are strown ; 
 The heathen in his bhndnesa 
 
 Bows down to wood and storts. 
 
 S Shall we, whoso sou!e are ci.Bhv*4 
 With wisdom from on higli 
 shall we to men benight'vj 
 'I'he l-jmp of life denv t 
 1% 
 
BaJvation ' (^, Salvatitm ! 
 
 The joyliil soimd prociai-m I 
 Till earth's remotest nation 
 
 Has J earned Messiah's naroe t 
 
 i Waft, waft, ye winds, his storj? 
 
 And you, ye waters, roll,— 
 Till, like a sea of glory, 
 
 It spreads from pole to pole ; 
 Till o'er our ransomed nature, 
 
 The Lamb f6r sinners slain. 
 Redeemer, King, Creator, 
 
 In bliss returns to reign, 
 
 $S6 The Promxses 8, 7, 4. 
 
 I l^'ER the gloomy hills of darknesB 
 \^^ Look, my soul, be still and gase ; 
 All the promises do travail 
 With a glorious day of grace ; 
 
 1 Blessed jubilee, 
 
 ■ Le>. thy glorious morning dawn. 
 
 2 Let the Indian, let the negro, 
 
 Let the rude barbarian see 
 That divine and glorious conquest 
 Once obtained on Calvary ; 
 
 Le-t the gospel 
 Loud resound from pole to pole. 
 
 i KiAigdoms wide, that sit m darkness. 
 Let them have the glorious light ; 
 A nd from Eastern coast to Western 
 May the morning chase the night ; 
 
 And redemption, 
 Freely purchased, win the day. 
 
*3T MIBSJLOIfAHT 
 
 4 May the glorious day approaching 
 On their fearful darkness ehine ; 
 And the everlasting gospel 
 Spread abroad thy name divine, 
 
 To the borders 
 Of the great Immanuers land. 
 6 Fly abroad, thou mighty gospel, 
 Win and conquer, never cease ; 
 May thy lasting wide dominion 
 Multiply and still increase ; 
 
 May thy sceptre 
 Over all the earth be swayed. 
 
 «>o7 ^* Thy kingdom come.*' I-, m 
 
 1 npHY kingdom come : thus day by day, 
 
 JL We lift our hands to God and pray ; 
 But who has ever duly weighed 
 The meaning of the words he said ? 
 
 2 Thy kingdom come ! O day of joy, 
 When praise shall every tongue emplov ; 
 When hatred, strife, and battles cease, 
 And man with man shall be at peace. 
 
 3 Then bears and wolves, no longer wild, 
 Ooey the leading of a child ; 
 
 The Hons with the oxen eat, 
 \nd dust shall be the serpent's meat. 
 Then all shall know and serve the Lord 
 And walk according to his word ; 
 His glory spread around shall be, 
 As waters cover o'er the sea. 
 5 God's holy will shall then be done 
 By all who live beneath the sun ; 
 And every evil will remove, 
 For God will reign, and *' God \8 I^ve.*'' 
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 ►138 Piaytr for the Missionarut. L. M 
 
 f ]\ J ^LLIOJNS there are on heathen grounr 
 IVJ. Who never heard the gospel's sound 
 Lord send it forth, and let it run, 
 Swift and reviving as the sun. 
 
 i Guide thou their lips, who stand to tell 
 Smners the way that leads from hell ; « 
 
 To those who ^ive, do thou impart 
 \ generous, wise, and tender heart. 
 
 5 Lord, crown their zeal, reward their care 
 That in thy grace they all may share ; 
 And those who now in darkness dwell. 
 Dehverance sing from guilt and hell. 
 
 ••O^ For the Spread cf the Gospel. ' b 
 
 1 TTASTEN, Lord, the glorious time. 
 Ljl When beneath Messiah's sway. 
 Every nation, every clime, ^ 
 
 Shall the gospel call obey. 
 
 2 Mightiest kings his power shall own, 
 
 Heathen tribes his name adore 
 Sfitiin and his host o'erthrown, 
 
 Bound in chains, shall hurt no more 
 
 llien shall war and tumults cease, 
 Then be banished grief and pain , 
 
 R-ighteousness, and joy and peace. 
 Undisturbed shall ever reign 
 
 4 Bless we, then, our gracious Lord, 
 Ever praise his glorious name ; 
 W\ his mighty acta record, 
 
 Ml his wondrous love proclaim 
 
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840, 34 8 mjsBKmAnY. 
 
 340 Spread of the GospeL L. M 
 
 ? 'T^HE heavens declare thy glory, l^ord> 
 A In every star thy wisdom shines • 
 But when our eyes behold thy word. 
 We read thy name in fairer lines. 
 
 ^^ The rolline sun, the changing light, 
 
 And mghts and days thy power c^-jdos.* 
 But the blest volume thou hast wri; 
 Reveals thy justice and thy gracf^ 
 
 3 Sun, moon, and stars convey thy praiee 
 
 Round the whole earth, and nevcj stant! 
 So when thy truth began its race, 
 It touched and glanced on every land. 
 
 4 Nor shall thy spreading gospel rest 
 
 Till through th^ world thy truth hath run , 
 Till Christ hath all the nations blest, 
 That see the light, or fee! the sun. 
 
 il4l The Day breaking. 8,7,4 
 
 YES, we trust the day is breaking ; 
 Joyful times are near at nand ; 
 God, the mighty God, is speaking 
 By hiB word in every land ; 
 
 When he chooses, 
 Darkness flies at his command 
 
 2 Let us hail the joyful season, 
 Let us hail the dawning ray ; 
 When the Lord appears, there's reasojj 
 To expect a glorious day ; 
 
 At his presence 
 Gloom ani darkness tleu away, 
 ?>00 
 
^ God of Jacob ! high and glorious I 
 Let thy people see thy hand ; 
 Let the gospel be victorious 
 Through the world in every land ,• 
 
 And the idols 
 Perish, Lord ! at thy command. 
 
 34151 Prayer for the Success of Mis siom L. ^ 
 
 1 INDULGENT God, to thee we pray, 
 A Be with us on this solemn day ; 
 Smile on our souls, our plans approve 
 By which we seek to spread thy love 
 
 2 Let party prejudice be gone, 
 A-nd love unite our hearts in one ; 
 Let all we have, and are, combine 
 To aid this glorious work of thine. 
 
 S May multitudes of souls be found 
 Who shall attend the gospel sound* 
 A nd lei barbarians, bound and free, 
 In suppliant throngs resort to thee, 
 
 4 Where pagan altars now are built. 
 And blood of beasts or men is spih , 
 There be Messiah's cross upreared. 
 And God, our God, alone revered. 
 
 S43 Prayer for Missions. L M 
 
 ! OE merciful, O God of grace, 
 13 To U8 thy people : let thy face 
 Ream on ua, that thy church may ehmc 
 In this dark world, with Ught divine. 
 
 2 Reveal, O Lord, thy saving plan 
 To ail the families of man : 
 Let distant natioiib hear thy word, 
 Let ail the nations praise the Lord. 
 
3 Let them with joy thy praises smg. 
 Earth's righteous Judge and aoverei^r? ^Ir^f 
 Illumined by thy holy word, 
 
 Let ail rhe nations praise the Lord. 
 
 4 Then shall this barren world assume 
 New beauty, and the desert bioom : 
 Our God shall richly bless us rhen, 
 
 \ nd all men fear his name. Amen • 
 
 J S 4 Prayer for Missions. L- ^^ 
 
 SPIRIT of the living God ! 
 In all thy plenitude of grace, 
 Where'er the foot of man hatn trod, 
 Descend on our apostate race. 
 
 2 Be darkness at thy commg light, 
 
 Confusion, order, in thy path ; 
 Souls without strength inspire with mij?hi, 
 Bid mercy trium^ over wrath. 
 
 3 Baptize the nations, lar and nigh. 
 
 The triumphs of the cross record i 
 The name oi Jesus glorify. 
 Till every kindred call nim Lord. 
 
 4 Sod from eternity hath willed, 
 
 All flesh shall his salvation see ; 
 *>o be the Father's love fulfilled, 
 -The Saviour's sufferings crowned mruij^i 
 thee. 
 
 115 The World* s Conversion S- ^ 
 
 SOVEREIGNof worlds! display ih> power 
 Be ihis thy Zion's favoured hour 
 Bid the bright Morning Star arise. 
 And point the iiationB to ihe skie*. 
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MISBTOXriRT. ®*« 
 
 i Set up ttiy throne where Saian reigns, 
 On Afric'8 shore, or\ India's plains, 
 On wilds and continents unknown ; 
 And make the universe thine own. 
 
 5 Speak ! and the world shall hear thy voice 
 Speak ! and the desert shall rejoice : 
 Scatter the gloom of heat;. en night, 
 
 And bid all nations hail the light. 
 Go, messengers of Christ, proclaim 
 Salvation through Immanuel's name ; 
 To India's clime the tidings bear, 
 And plant the r^^se of Sharon there. 
 
 34:6 Darkness in PaUstmt L. M 
 
 1 TVT IGIiT wraps the land whejre J esue spoke 
 1^ No guiding star the wise men see ; 
 And heavy is oppression's yoke, 
 
 Where first the gospel said, " Be free '" 
 
 2 And where the harps of angels bor*' 
 
 Heaven's message to the shepherd-throng 
 Good will and peace are heard no more 
 To murmur Bethlehem's vales along. 
 
 3 Send forth, send forth the glorious light. 
 
 That from eternal wo doth save ; 
 And bid Christ's heralds speed their fligh^ 
 Ere millions find a hopeless grave, 
 i Behold the knee of childhood bends 
 In prayer for that benighted land, 
 And witn its Sabbath lesson blends 
 Fond memory of the mission band. 
 
 6 ^'^ith pitying zeal o'er ocean's wave. 
 
 We reach, the helpless hand to takf^ , 
 , may we but one wanderer save ! 
 We afik it for a Savio^ir'a sake. 
 
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tl4'7 ProgpuU of iht Eeath$%. 8,7. 
 
 HARK ! — what mean those Iame.n:atio<id 
 Rolling sadly through the sky ^ 
 ' i'is the cry of heathen nations, 
 Come, end help us, or we die ' 
 2 Hear the heathen's sad complaining— 
 Christians, hear their dying cry ; 
 And the love of Christ constraivring, 
 Join to help them, ere they die. 
 
 «I4 o For a missionary Mttti-ng. S. M. 
 
 ? ll^r^ "^^^^ ^^^ evening prayer 
 VV Lord, give us life divine '. 
 Let every tongue thy praise declare 
 And all our hearts be thine. 
 
 2 Hark ! the ewee* anthems rise 
 Where pagan aliare stand ; 
 
 The swelling chorus mounts the skies 
 From every pagan land. 
 
 3 While glad hosannas ring 
 From desert, rock, and sea ; 
 
 The heathen tribes their children bring, 
 And give them, Lord, to thee. 
 
 ANNIVERSARY OCCASIONS 
 
 tl49 Fourth of July. C M 
 
 I 'I'^O Thee, the little children's Friend, 
 1 Their hymn to-day shall nat ; 
 O from the heavenly courts desceiad, 
 And bless the sacrifice i 
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AifiriVgK»AHT OCCA810?S3. i^SO 
 
 t While through our land fair treedom's m ug 
 Our fathers raise to thee ; 
 Our accents shall the notes prolong ; 
 We children, too, are free ! 
 i The past with bleasings from thy handj 
 Was richly scattered o*er ; 
 •\» numerous as the countless sano 
 
 That spreads the ocean ghore. 
 O may the future be as bright, 
 
 Nor be thy favours leas 
 He-splendent with the glorious light 
 Of peace and happiness. 
 S On earth prepare us for aie skies ; 
 And when our life is o'er, 
 Let us to purer rnansione rise, 
 And praise thee evermore, 
 
 3^0 Sabbatk-sehool Cei&sriyd^fi 7, t> 
 
 1 n^O thee, O blessed Saviour, 
 
 i Our grateful songs we raise * 
 O tune our hearts and voices 
 
 Thy holy name to praise ; 
 Tis by thy sovereign mercy 
 
 We're here allowed to meet; 
 fojoin with friende &nd leicherfe, 
 
 i hy blessing to enueat. 
 
 2 f>ord, guide and blesi our te&ch^vra, 
 
 Who labour for our good, 
 'In.d may the holy Scripiui«a 
 
 By ua b^ anderatood j 
 O may our hearts be givcii 
 
 To iliee, our glorious King • 
 VhMt wa may meet in heave^u 
 
 T'hy wt^^e^ ilmm to >^inM 
 
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861, 352 AfruriTEIlSAKT occastov^ 
 3 And may the precious gospel 
 Be published all abroad, 
 Till the benighted heathen 
 
 Shall know and serve the Lord ; 
 Till o'er the wide creation 
 
 The rays of truth &hail shme, 
 And nations now in darkness 
 Arise to light divine. 
 
 ii51 Praia for Merei**. 8, 
 
 1 /BROWNS and praises! crowns and praises 
 v^ To the Lord of hosts belong ; 
 
 Every soul that on us gazes 
 Come and join the glorious aong 
 
 We are few to count his mercicB, 
 Mean to raise his honours high ; 
 
 Come and join our humble praistjs. 
 Every soul that passes by ! 
 
 2 If each people, tribe, and nation, 
 
 Here could glad hosanna sing ; 
 If the mighty, vast creation 
 
 Every tuneful voice could bring , 
 Yei how poor would be the eoimdirLg 
 
 Of the songs they all would raise ' 
 Lord, thy mercies, more aboimding 
 
 Rise above our highest praijee. 
 
 .i52 C. M 
 
 fET little children come to mi'. 
 J The blessed Saviour aaid, 
 ^ nd kindly i&id his hand on ihom 
 Who unto him ware led 
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«.«lSrtVEA&ART OCCABIOirs '^&^ 
 
 2 " Tii those who early seek my ia<;e 
 
 Shall early grace be given ; 
 The numble and the childlike ones 
 Shall dwell with me in heaven." 
 
 CHILDREN. 
 
 3 Thou that hast gone to take thy throa© 
 
 In thy own courts above ; 
 Thou that didst pity children then, 
 Regard us now in love. 
 
 4 Deep on these young and thoughtles* h«*art 
 
 Thy aacred likeness trace ; 
 \iid gird ua by thy Spirit, Lord, 
 To run the Christian race, 
 6 S-dte through the snares around our path, 
 O guide our wayward feet ; 
 .^ ad in each painful scene of lifo 
 Be thou our sure retreat. 
 
 •S*^ii$ Children's Prayer for a Blentm^ «» 6 
 
 1 I T is not earthly pleasure, 
 1 That withers in a day ; 
 h IS not mortal treasure, 
 
 That flieth soon away ; 
 h IS not friends that leave us, 
 
 It is not sense nor sin, 
 That smile but to deceive us, 
 
 Can give us peace with'n. 
 
 2 But 'tis religion bringeth 
 
 Joy beyond earth's control ; 
 dich from the throne it springetlj 
 
 A fountain to the soul , 
 (\e that is meek and lowly, 
 
 The Saviour's face shftll vee ; 
 I o none but to the holy, 
 
 Heaven's gat«« shall opene/1 b« 
 
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^51 AK-KivsasAay occasiobtib* 
 
 I Lord, be thy Spirit near us, 
 
 While we thy words are taught i 
 4. ad may iheae days that cheer u% 
 
 With future good be fraught ; 
 %!ay we, to heaven invited, 
 
 when youth and life are fiown, 
 Teachers and taught united, 
 A.8sembie round the throne. 
 
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 By tk9 Children and Choir. 
 CHILDRExN. 
 
 ^ ICM is the eacred song that swells 
 
 Where God in light and glory dwells j 
 What joyful choir their notes combine : 
 i'Vho utter music so divine ? 
 
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 'Tia the sweet song of spotless love, 
 Which ransomed children e'mg above , 
 Sarly to God their hearts were given, 
 And now they dwell with him in heaven 
 
 CHILDKEN. 
 
 O , who may hope with them to be, 
 Ajid join their tones of harmony ? 
 VV ho can escape from earth and sin, 
 ^nd pure and noly be within ? 
 
 i in strength divine, the youngest may 
 Begin a noly life to-day ; 
 Through Him that loYed us, hopes ronmir 
 That none shall seek the Lord m vain. 
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CHORUS. 
 
 » Dear Savioar, may ihy Spirit' cali 
 Produce its blest efleci on ail ; 
 Tnine oe tne remnant of our days, 
 A nd every breath be love and praise 
 
 •irs3 Teacher* 8 Hymn. ^^. ^ 
 
 i7*A THER ! with one accord we Bi&nd 
 To bring thee of thnie ov/n 
 A nd train a bright immoriai band 
 To worship round thy throne. 
 * Accept, Almighty Parent ! the.se, 
 The children thou hast given ; 
 And in thy sovereign favour maKe 
 These loved ones heirs of heaven. 
 3 There, ranked among the shining host, 
 May all before thee meet : 
 O Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
 Our labours there complete. 
 
 ^56 Birth of Christ. ^'^ 
 
 i 1/17'E come, we come, with loud acclaim 
 \ V To sing the praise of Jesus' name , 
 And make the vaulted temple ring 
 With loud hosanras to our King. 
 With joyful heart and smiUng face, 
 ■Ve gather round the throne of grace, 
 A.nd lowly bend to rjfTer there, 
 From infant lips, ov.t humble prayer, — 
 To Him who slept on Mary's knee. 
 A gentle child as yo'.mg as we. 
 2 We come, we come, the sone to swell 
 To Him who loved our world so weii, 
 That stooping from his Father^! ihfone 
 He died to claim it as his own. 
 
t^f ANFIVER8AHY OCCASIOflS. 
 
 With joy we haste the aisles to fill, 
 Vet youthful bands are gathering still 
 0, thus may we m heaven above, 
 Unite m praises and in love ; 
 And still the angels fill their home 
 With joyful cry — ** They come, they co 
 
 TEACHERS. 
 
 1 I^OME, ye children, and adore him 
 W Lord of all, he reigns above ; 
 Come and worship now before him, 
 
 Ho hath called you by his love. 
 He will grant you every blessing 
 
 Of his all abounding grace ; 
 Come, with humble hearts expressing 
 
 All your gratitude and praise. 
 
 OHILDREN. 
 
 2 On this holy day of gladness, 
 
 We will join in praises meet ; 
 Every bosom free from sadness, 
 
 All with happiness replete. 
 to feel the love of Jesus ! 
 
 O to know that, from above, 
 Still our heavenly Father sees us 
 
 With an eye of tender love ! 
 
 TEACHERS. 
 
 J Dearest children, now adore him j 
 
 Swell aloud the joyful strain : 
 Let the nations bow before him, 
 
 Kcho back the notes again. 
 ♦•Vhiie he will accept the praises, 
 
 E'uii from every heart and tonj?«c 
 Thost o him an infant raises. 
 
 ^uVi aJtJ sweetest of the eong. 
 
CHILDREN. 
 
 4 Lord of all, our hearts oblation 
 
 T^ ow ascends to thee alone , 
 We would come, with all the nationi 
 
 Now to worship at thy throne= 
 Teachers 1 will you join the chorus ? 
 
 Join in hymning forth his praise, 
 Who, for our redemption, shows us 
 
 All the riches of his grace ? 
 
 TEACHERS AND CHILDREN. 
 
 5 Praise to thee, O Lord, for ever 1 
 
 Gladly now we all unite ; 
 Praise to thee, O God ! the giver, 
 
 Blessed Lord, of life and light ! 
 Ransomed nation, spread the story ! 
 
 Rescued people, ne'er give o'er . 
 All his grace, and all his glory; 
 
 O proclaim for evermore ! 
 
 S58 God seen in his fVorks and Word ^^M 
 
 1 VIT'E seem to hear a voice of praise, 
 VV Here, 'mid the leafy bowers; 
 
 From murmuring streams whose cry&ia 
 maze 
 Doth cheer the thirsty flowers. 
 
 2 But louder where yon lofty trees 
 
 By summer's hand are drest ; 
 It swells on every gentle breeze, 
 From bough, and spray and nesi. 
 
 S But if the things by nature laugnt 
 Pour music o'er the sod, 
 H'>v/ high should rise our raptured thoti^K' 
 Who learn the word of God ! 
 
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it»9 AI?5«IVERSAR7 OCCASIONS 
 
 I To us he speaks, from morning's lell. 
 
 From evening's dewy sphere ; 
 And when the holy Sabbath bell 
 Salutes the Christians ear. 
 
 S To us he speaks, he guides our choice 
 By heaven's own book divine ; 
 4nd aids our teacher's much- loved voic« 
 To fix each treasured line. 
 
 f To us he speaks, and we in praise 
 . Would still our offering bring ; 
 dere, where creation joins our lays 
 And there, where angels sing. 
 
 35^ Ch^ii;i the Source of Blessings. C. M 
 
 I rpHE moon and planets, while they nia 
 X Their circles ♦•ound the night, 
 Receive their lustres from the sun. 
 Source of created light. 
 
 ? Angels and saints on earth, alone, 
 Beauty and bliss obtain, 
 From him that sits upon the throno, 
 The Lamb that once was slain. 
 
 O Sun of righteousness, imparl 
 -^, Thy glorious light divine ; 
 On every school, in every heart, 
 Arise, and ever shine. 
 
 4 Still may we, Lord, drawn by thy lo7«. 
 Our source, attraction, end, 
 Round thee, our sun, perpetual mov©; 
 To thee, our centre, tend. 
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 4irBriVER8AaT CCCA810S8. 3fc^, ^Sl 
 
 MyO L. M 
 
 OT by the brazen trumpet's voice, 
 But the sweet skylark's early lay 
 Oar schools are summoned to rejojce 
 In God their Saviour, on this day - 
 
 i Then, In the temple of the Lord, 
 
 Asseniblinff round the throne of grac^ 
 We sing, ana pray, and hear the word, 
 And see our glorious Maker's face. 
 
 3 Salvation's silver trumpet brings 
 
 Heaven's richest music to our ears ; 
 
 Happy, whose heart with rapiure springs 
 
 At the first welcome note he hears. 
 
 I He, when the last dread trumpet's tone 
 The dead to second life shall call , 
 May stand unmoved before the throne, 
 While stars like lightnings round him fall 
 
 6 He, where eternal Sabbaths shine, 
 
 Where all by God himself are taught, 
 Lessons shall learn of truth divine, 
 Of power and love, surpassing thougin 
 
 3i^ t The End of TitM. I" M 
 
 1 '"piME grows not old with length of year^^ 
 
 4- Changes he brings, but changes 'loi . 
 N^ew born each moment he appears 
 We run our race, and are forgot. 
 
 2 Stars in their yearly rounds return, 
 
 As from eternity they came, 
 A.nd to eternity might burn ; 
 We ire not ipr one hour the same. 
 
^^2 *.BSIVlB.Simf Or.CA&TQWtL 
 
 3 Spring flowers renew their wild perfume, 
 
 But ere a second spring they fly ; 
 
 Our Ufe is longer than their bloom, 
 
 Our bloom is fresher, yet we die. 
 
 4 The stars, like flowers, have but their da? 
 
 And time, like stars, shall cease '.o roil ■ 
 We have what never can decay, 
 A living and immortal soul I 
 b Great God ! when time shall end hiy flight, 
 Stars set and flowers revive no mo^e. 
 May we behold thy face in light, 
 Thy leye in Christ may we adore. 
 
 «if>2 Ood*8 Works praise htm. ^ ^^ 
 
 1 ^j^EN thousand different flowers 
 
 J. To thee sweet offerings beaj 
 And cheerful birds in shady bowers 
 Smg forth thy tender care, 
 
 2 The fields on every side, 
 The trees on every hill ; 
 
 The glorious sun, the rolling tide. 
 Proclaim thy wonders still. 
 
 3 But trees, and fields, and skies, 
 Still praise a God unknown ; 
 
 For gratitude and love can rise 
 From living hearts alone, 
 i These living hearts of ours 
 Thy holy name would bless , 
 The blossom oi ten thousand floweiv 
 Would please the Saviour less. 
 & While earth itself decays, 
 Our souls can never die ; 
 tune them all to sing thy praise 
 In better son^s on high. • 
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 VAJLIDITS OCCASIONS AND SUBJECTS 
 
 ^63 Birth-day. 7'^ 
 
 HEAVENLf Father! look on me. 
 Now my birth-day's come once Jnore ; 
 
 Listen while 1 pray to thee ; 
 Thee with all my powers adore. 
 
 2 Once I was an infant weak, 
 
 Sleeping on my mother's knee ; 
 Then I could not walk or speak, 
 Yet thou didst take care of me. 
 
 i Now I run about and talk ; 
 
 Now I learn to read my book ; 
 
 Through the fields I now can walk. 
 
 On the pretty flowers can look. 
 
 * Bless me now I am a child, 
 
 Bless this birth-day, Lord, to me , 
 Make me good, and wise, and mild 
 Make me all that I should be. 
 
 364 Birth of Christ. 7^8. 
 
 I O ON GS of praise the angels sang 
 O Heaven with hallelujahs rang, 
 When Jehovah's work l>cgun. 
 When he spake and it was done. 
 
 1 Songs of praise awoke the morn, 
 When the Prince of peace wajs born , 
 Songs of praise arose when he 
 Captive !ed captivity. % 
 
165 TARIOT78 OCCASlOIfS 
 
 i Children now, with heart and voice, 
 Still in songs of praise rejoice ; 
 Learning here by faith and love 
 Songs of praise to sing above. 
 
 1 Borne upon their latest breath, 
 Songs of praise shall conquer death ; 
 Then armid eternal joy, 
 
 Songs of praise their powers employ. 
 
 '165 Christ* 8 Example. ^^- M 
 
 WHENE'ER the angry passions nse. 
 And tempt our thoughts or tongues tc 
 strife ; 
 '^o Je-sus let us lift our eyes, 
 
 Bright pattern of the Christian life. 
 
 2 O how benevolent and kind ! 
 
 How mild and ready to forgive ! 
 Be this the temper of our mind, 
 And these the rules by which we live 
 
 ? To do his heavenly Father's will 
 Was his employment and dehght ; 
 lumihty and holy zeal 
 Shone through his life supremely brlgh- 
 
 4 But O how bhnd, how weak we are 
 How frail ! how apt to turn aside I 
 *-«ord ! we depend upon thy care, 
 We ask thy Spirit for our guide. 
 
 i Thy fair example may we trace, 
 1^0 teach us what we ought to be , 
 Make us by thy transformnig grace 
 0#Sr>viour ! daily more Uk^-i tbe?* 
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 Ajri» SUBJECTS, 36€», 361 
 
 if 60 How to pray ariffhi. S. M 
 
 OFTEN say my praye-rs, 
 But do I ever pray ? 
 Or do the wishes of my heart 
 Suggest the words I say ? 
 
 1 'Tis useless to implore, 
 Unless I feel my need : 
 
 Unless 'tis from a sense of want 
 That all my prayers proceed. I 
 
 « I may as well kneel down 
 And worship gods of stone 
 As offer to the living God 
 A prayer of words alone. 
 
 * For words without the heart 
 The Lord will never hear ; 
 Nor will he ever those regard 
 Whose prayers are insincere. 
 
 s Lord ! teach me what I want, 
 And teach me how to pray ; 
 r^or let me e'er implore thy grace, 
 Not feeling what I say. 
 
 iJf>7 Children* 8 Harvest Hymn. ^^^ 
 
 EVERY sheat of golden grain 
 Standing on the smiling plain, 
 Tells us, if we do not know, 
 Whence our many blessings flow. 
 
 2 Thanks we bring for earthly good, 
 Nobler thanks for richer food; 
 Love divine to us has given 
 
 Ohrist. the Bread of Life from heavec 
 
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4fi8 TARIOTJS 0CCAS10W8 
 
 3 Lordi with these, thy favours, give 
 Hearts to serve thee while we live ; 
 Till we reap, where Jesus is, 
 Harvests of immortal bliss. 
 
 368 The Lord's Prayer. L % 
 
 1 I^UR Father ! who dost dwell on high 
 \-J In heaven, so far above our sight ; 
 A.11 hallowed be thy name we cry, 
 
 . Thy glorious name, so great in might. 
 
 2 Thy kingdom come ! O haste the time 
 
 When ail shall bow before thy throne ; 
 When every nation, every chme, 
 Shall thy supreme dominion own. 
 
 3 Thy will be done on earth, O Lord ! 
 
 As it is done in heaven above ; 
 Where angel- hosts perform thy word, 
 W^ith holy zeal and ardent love 
 
 4 Give us each day our daily bread, 
 
 With every other needed good ; 
 And while our bodies thus are fed, 
 Feed thou our souls with angel's food. 
 
 5 Pardon our sins, O Lord ! we pray, 
 
 Repeated every hour we live ; 
 Forgiving grace to u"s display, 
 As we each other's faults forgive. 
 
 6 Save from or bring us safely through 
 
 Temptation's sharp and trying hour ; 
 Preserve us from all evil, too, 
 And guard our souls from Satan's p^iwsr 
 
 7 Thisie is the power, the kingdorr tbme 
 
 And ihine the glory evermore , 
 Let all in heaven and earth combine 
 Thy name for ever to adore. 
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Asrp HV&JSrtTB ^@0« B70 
 
 g'S@ JVorshtp. lUl'^ 
 
 1 i \ LORD, let our songa find acceptaric* 
 yJ before thee, 
 
 And pierce through the ekiea to thine 
 uppermost throne ; 
 For thou stoopest to listen w^en mortals 
 adore thee, 
 And sondest thy blessings like messengers 
 down. 
 
 2 Our Father, our Father, we ask thee tc 
 
 guide us, 
 And keep us from sin till life's journey be 
 o'er ; 
 Then the last sigh of nature, whate'er else 
 betide us, 
 Shall waft us to glory, when time is no 
 more. 
 
 % Tiien, then will we sing the sweet song af 
 the blessed^ 
 And mingle our strains with the myriads 
 above ; 
 I^'ar surpassing all strains that our tongues 
 e'er expressed. 
 And Jesus, the chorus, and Infinite Love 
 
 *I70 The Orphan's Prayer. P. M. 
 
 I f\ THOU ! the helplesa orphan's hope, 
 V-/ To whom alone my eyes look up, 
 
 In each distressing day ! 
 Father ! for that's the sweetest name 
 That e'er these lips were taught to frame 
 Instruct this heart to pray, 
 
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5 Low m tn« dust rriy parents ho, 
 And no atientive ear is nigh, 
 
 Bai thine, to mark my wo: 
 No hand to wipe away my teara, 
 No gentle voice to soothe my feari^ 
 
 Remains to me below. 
 ? And if thy wisdom should decree 
 An early sepulchre for me, 
 
 Father, thy will be done : 
 On thy dear mercy I rely, 
 And it I live, or if I die, 
 
 O leave me lot alone. 
 
 371 For Sabbath Morning. L« M. 
 
 1 1 TTELCO ME, sweet morn, we hail with jm 
 
 V V Thy holy light, thy blest employ ; 
 
 And come, a little favoured band, 
 
 One sacred hour with Christ to spend. 
 4 Our infant hearts would humbly pray 
 
 That he will bless our school to-day ; 
 
 To him our joyful notes oi praise, 
 
 With one united voice we raise. 
 ^ An offering to our heavenly King 
 
 Of glad hosannas now we bring ; 
 
 And hope at last in his embrace, 
 
 Secure from sin, to find a place. 
 i O it shall be our constant prayer, 
 
 That we may here his blessings share , 
 
 Then go and live at Christ's right haad, 
 
 A joyful, happy, favoured band. 
 
 '172 Where ie God? 7's 
 
 iN the stars that shine so bright. 
 In the moon I see above, 
 In the sun that gives me light 
 In the worlds that round hkn move; 
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A-iri) SUBJECTS. 3T3, SI4 
 
 2 In the ocean, in the seas, 
 
 In the dry and fruitl'ul land, 
 In the green and lofty trees, 
 In the wind that makes them bead ; 
 
 3 In the flowers that smell so swrei, 
 
 in the garden where they grow, 
 in the house, and in the street, 
 111 the school-room where I go : 
 
 4 In the dark when children sleep, 
 
 In liie room to hear their prayer; 
 God will all good children keep, 
 God is here, and everywhere, 
 
 373 The Ways of Wisdom. C. H. 
 
 i IT rHY should we spend our youtkfui dtf& 
 VV In folly and in sin ? 
 When wisdom shows her pleasant way», 
 And bids us walk therein. 
 
 2 Folly and sin our peace destroy, 
 
 They ghtter and are past ; 
 They yield us but a moment's joy, 
 And end in death at last. 
 
 3 But, if true wisdom we possess, 
 
 Our joys shall never cease ; 
 tier ways are ways of pleasantness, 
 And all her paths are peace. 
 
 4 may we, in our youthful days, 
 
 Attend to wisdom's voice ; 
 And make these holy, happy ways, 
 Our own dehghtful choice ' 
 
 H7 4 Blessings of the Oodly. S. M 
 
 1 TpHE man is ever blest 
 
 X Who shuns the sinner's ways , 
 Amongst their counsels never standa, 
 Nor takea the ecorner'e piaco : 
 
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^tft VARIOUS OCCASlOIfa 
 
 2 £ut makes the law of God 
 His study and delight. 
 
 Amidst the labours of the day, 
 And watches of the night. 
 
 3 He like a tree shall thrive, 
 With waters near the root ; 
 
 Fresh as the leaf, his name shall live ; 
 Hia works are heavenly fruit. 
 
 4 Not so the ungodly race, 
 Thev no such biessinffs find ; 
 
 Their nopes shall iiee like empty chaff 
 Before the driving wind. 
 
 5 How will they bear to stand 
 Before that judgment-seat, 
 
 Where all the saints at Christ's nghi Hand 
 In full assembly meet? 
 
 6 He knows and he approves 
 The way the righteous go ; 
 
 But sinners and their works shall mee? 
 A dreadful overthrow. 
 
 375 Tha Chrutian PU^rim, P. M. 
 
 1 ITOW happy is the pilgrim'a lot, 
 
 iX How free from every anxious though t 
 
 From worldly hope and fear ! 
 Confined to neither court nor cell, 
 His soul disdams on earth to dwell, 
 
 He only sojourns here. 
 
 2 Nothing on earth I call my own , 
 A stranger to the world unknown, 
 
 I all their goods despise : 
 I trample on their whole delight, 
 And bcek a city out of aJgat, 
 
 A dwelling m the skica 
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JLWD SUBJECTS. 3*^® 
 
 ^ There is my nouse and portion fair. 
 My treasure, and my heart are there, 
 
 And my abiding home ; 
 For me my elder brethren stay, 
 And angels beckon me away, 
 
 And Jesus bids me come ! 
 
 4 I come, thy servant, Lord, replies, 
 I come, to meet thee in the skies, 
 
 And claim my heavenly rest ' 
 Now let the pilgrim's journey end, 
 uNow, my Saviour, Brother, Frieno, 
 
 Receive me to thy breast ! 
 
 el 76 The Sabbath-schooi. k^. M. 
 
 \ A LL the week we spend 
 -Ol Full of childish bliss, 
 Every changing scene 
 Brings its happiness ; 
 Vet our joys would not be full, 
 Kad we not the Sabbath-school 
 
 2 Lovely is the dawn 
 Of each rising day, 
 Loveliest the morn 
 Of the Sabbath-day ; 
 Then our infant thoughts are fuLl 
 Of the precious Sabbath-schooi 1 
 
 5 To our happy ears 
 
 Blessed news is brought, 
 Tidings of the work 
 Love divine has wrought ; 
 'rracious news and merciful; 
 Mow we lovd the Sabbath scxiooi : 
 
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177, 378 viRToirs cccisioitb 
 
 4 Sweetly fades the light 
 Of each passing day ; 
 Peaceful is the night 
 Of the Sabbath-day. 
 Then our hearts with praise are full 
 For the precious Sabbath-school. 
 
 'I7V The Condescension of Christ ^-< ^ 
 
 I ET children bless the Saviour a r.nmt^ 
 1 J And sing his wondrous grace , 
 Who from the realms of glory came 
 To save our sinful race. ' 
 
 * Tiiough he was rich, in heaven above 
 From all eternity ; 
 He left his greatness out of iov© 
 For sinners such as we. 
 
 3 The poorest child is scarce so pool 
 As Jesus Christ became ; 
 When, our salvation to procure, 
 He bore our sin and shame. 
 
 I A manger for his cradle-bed, 
 Received him at his birth ; 
 He had not where to lay his head, 
 Though Lord of heaven and earth. 
 
 % Lord Jesus ! while we sing thy grace, 
 We love thee and adore ; 
 Bui when in heaven we see thy faco, 
 Our souls shall love thee more. 
 
 Ji78 The Oolden Rule. ^^. ^ 
 
 TO do to others as I would 
 That they shouM do to m© i 
 Will make me honest, kind and good, 
 Aa children oughi lo b©- 
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iiHD BtJBJECTS. 3Tt^, S^} 
 
 % I know I shouid iioi steal, no: nse 
 I'he dmallest thing 1 see ; 
 *"/hich I should never like to lose, 
 W It belonged to me. 
 i And ihis plain rule forbids me quiio, 
 'i\'> strike an angry blow ; 
 Bdcaaae I should not think it nghi 
 it oihora served me so. 
 4 .» jt iiny kindness they may need, 
 I'll do, whate'er it be ; 
 -V-s i <4rn. very glad indeed, 
 When they are kmd to me 
 
 il'iel Ths SabDath-gckoai pr-^errtd ^' *^ 
 
 i 'C'^Otl worldly honour, I'd no; vvstiia 
 
 1* Of life my little span ; 
 
 Foi belter is the love of God 
 Than highest praise of man. 
 
 2 I would not live to gather gold. 
 
 Which misers round them hi-^ard » 
 foi he who truBis m riches ht;ro, 
 Cjiii never pieaee the Lord. 
 
 3 Bui 1 would in the Sabbath-6choo« 
 
 A iaithfui scholar be ; 
 Lnd for my own and other eouia 
 
 Would wear my life away. 
 i f.^x others see in all I do, 
 
 That 'ti8 my constant aim, 
 That they and all ahould lave the Lord 
 
 And feai tiis sacred name 
 
 J8CI ru rnf&%i orpAo^^ t. M 
 
 LATE-LY I wandered ?53ialy, whero 
 Norm wstehed my w&y or saw pi? 'ir. 
 f 6t ihid bah^ld m^, SLXidhis care 
 ^hi.^id€»d *.h# chM thai kT>«^- him «■--. 
 
iSi VARIOUS OCCASIOSrs 
 
 2 The kind Redeemer's gentle iism^) 
 Upon my lips was never ibund : 
 He spared me— yes, liie very same 
 That wheels those starry worlds aroimrd 
 % I ftometimes thoughi there was a power 
 Made the tall trees and flowers to grov% 
 Bade fejunshme warm and tempestB lower 
 And who but God could thunder so i 
 
 4 But now I know the Bible tells 
 
 Of Him that rolls the stars along ; 
 Above the clouds my Maker dwelib. 
 
 And yet he hears my humble sc?ng 
 6 I know of Jesus, too, whose love 
 
 For children, young and frail as ws 
 Brought Him, the Lord of all above, 
 
 Down to the manger and the tree. 
 
 5 Aiid well 1 know that babes distressed 
 
 And weary, find m him a home , 
 Kor he will take therti to his rest, 
 
 ^ie says " forbid them not to comQ." 
 
 3S I Parttnff with a hopeful Scholar L. M 
 
 WE offer, Lord, an humble prayer, 
 And thank thee for thy grace bestowtsa 
 in leading one beneath our care, 
 Thus far m wisdom's pleasant road. 
 i What trials toAi» lot may fall, 
 What toilsome duties to fulfil, 
 We do not know, but in them all, 
 Be thou his strength and comfort atill. 
 5 May Jesus be his constant friend, 
 The Bible his support and stay ; 
 \rni may thy Spirit, Lord, dewceiid, 
 T(/ blcBg and ginde him day by dav 
 
dllD SUBJECTS. 4»tJ, ctH.^ 
 
 u»3i» OpentTi^ a nett School-room ^' • 
 
 i ll riTH gratetul deiigni we survey 
 
 V f I'he work ot ihis buiidiiig compk'^'j' . 
 We bleee ihee, dear Saviour, this day 
 We thus are pernntied lo meet. 
 
 2 But what will this structure avail, 
 
 Unless thy kind presence is here ; 
 Ouj work will entirely fail ; 
 No Iruit unto God will appear. 
 
 3 But sweet are thy promises, Lord, 
 
 On these let us ever depend ; 
 Thou eay'st where thy name we rocorti, 
 Thy presence and grace shall attend 
 
 4 Then thankful for ail that is past, 
 
 With cheerful delight may we mo?e , 
 Whilst, gracious Reaeemer, we esk 
 For i3righter displays of thy love. 
 
 tloO Chara4iter of Savntul. ^' ^'^ 
 
 WHEN Ell's sons by deeds profane 
 'i'heir Father's God denied 
 Destruction like a whirlwind came, 
 And in disgrace they died. 
 
 ? But pious Samuel, young m years i 
 I'he Lord of Hosts adored ; 
 And mmistered in holy things, 
 According to his word. 
 
 ^^ With humble mien, submissive, mees., 
 Before the priest he stands ; 
 \nxious to know his Maker's will, 
 And practise his commands- ' 
 
««■ t^ .1??^5 TABI0U8 0CCA8I0t(!f 
 
 4 The Lord his fervent offerings biey-sad. 
 
 And blessed his future days ; 
 A-!id still shall youth his smiles obtain, 
 Who live unto his praise. 
 
 S84 Brotherly Lov$.. i" M^ 
 
 rHE God of heaven is pleased to see 
 A little family agree ; 
 iiid will not slight the praise they brmg 
 When loving children join to sing. 
 
 2 The gentle child that tries to please. 
 Thai hates to quarrel, fret, and tease, 
 And would not say an angry word ; 
 That child is pleasing to the Lord. 
 
 8 Great God ! forgive, whenever we 
 F'orpet thy will, and disagree ; 
 And grant that each of us may fi na 
 The sweet delight of being kind. 
 
 oo9> Conscience, T'E. 
 
 1 1 1 ^HEN a foolish thought within 
 Vv Tries to take us in a snare, 
 Conscience tells us, *' It is sin,'' 
 And entreats us to beware. 
 
 a in something we transgress, 
 
 And are tempted to deny, 
 Corrftcience says, '* Your fault conXeM ■ 
 
 Do not dare to telJ a lie." 
 
 5 iQ the momin|,.when we rise. 
 
 And would Fain omit lu pray 
 'Child consider," Co-i&cAsncs cnes : 
 '■ Should iun G'q4 bi: mfigh-y u^^dnT ^ 
 
i V^ hen our angry passions rise, 
 Tempting to revf^age an ill ; 
 .'* Now subdue it," Conscience cries , 
 " And command your temper still.' 
 5 Thus, without our will or choice, 
 This good monitor within, 
 With a secret, gentle voice, 
 Warns us to beware of sin. 
 «> But if we should disregard. 
 
 While this friendly voice would call, 
 Conscience =<oon will grow so hard, 
 That it will not speak at ail. 
 
 386 The Lord of Mil. Cl^l 
 
 I ^irHERE is the high and lofty One! 
 VV His dwelling is afar ; 
 He lives beyond the blazing sun, 
 And every distant star. 
 S But God, whom thousand worlds obey, 
 Descends to earthly ground, 
 And dwells in cottages of clay, 
 If there his saints are found. 
 8 Is not the heaven of heavens his own f 
 Yes — he is Lord of alJ ; — 
 And there, before his awful .hrone, 
 The saints and angels fall. 
 i Bui, little child, with joy attend ; 
 For if vou love him too, 
 This mighty God v/ill condescend 
 To come and dwell with you. 
 
 So « Brotherly Love. ^o "^ 
 
 1 T ITTLE children love each other 
 i.J Is the blessed Saviour's rule ; 
 
 i^very little one is brother 
 To his mates at Sabbath-school. 
 
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t We'ffc all children of one Father, 
 The great God who reigns above , 
 Shall we quarrel? — No; much rathet 
 Would we be like him — ail love. 
 
 388 hemembtr me. i- M 
 
 I ^T^liOV Man of griefs, remember me, 
 A Who never can&t thyeelf forget 
 Thy last mysterious agony, 
 Thy fainting pangs and bloody sweat. 
 
 » When wrestling in the strength of prayer, 
 Thy spirit sunk beneath its load ; 
 Tiiy feeble flesh abhorred to bear 
 The wrath of an Almighty God 
 
 5 Father, if I may call thee so, 
 
 Regard my fearful heart's desirb 
 Remove this lofid of guihy wo, 
 Nor let me in my sins expire I 
 
 4 O save me from that death alon* 
 
 That endless banishment from thee ; 
 O save, and give me to thy Son, 
 Who sufTered, groaned, and bled for na^ 
 
 389 The Way to know tJu Lord. C. H 
 
 'T^HIS is the way to know the Lord, 
 i And this will please him too, 
 To read and hear his hoh word, 
 Thit tells US what to do. 
 
 '^ He lives in heaven, and does not n&«7 
 Such little ones as we ; 
 '^iit he is very kind iadeed, 
 And even cares for m^ 
 
i rhouffh if 1 tried with ail my mighty 
 Ana did the best I could, 
 i should not always do it right, 
 And could not do bim good. 
 4 Then let me love him for his care^ 
 A nd love his holy word, 
 Because he teaches children there 
 I'o know and fear the Lord. 
 
 Ji90 The Angels. C M 
 
 J '' pHE children's angels always vie^ 
 
 ^ Their heavenly Father's face ; 
 
 His joyful messengers and true. 
 In providence and grace : 
 
 2 But not to angels' care alone 
 
 We children are consigned, 
 To God himself our wants are known. 
 The Lord to us ia kind. 
 
 3 Yes; — every comfort here below, 
 
 And every hope above ; 
 All that we have and are, we owe 
 To his unfaihng love. 
 
 4 Then let us act as in his sight, 
 
 And on our humble way, 
 Walk in the liberty of light. 
 As children of the day. 
 
 5 Young though we be, and in the prime 
 
 Of life's unfolding powers, 
 Of all the moments of our time, 
 This, only this, is ours. 
 
 6 We seize it, Lord, before 'tis past • 
 
 We yield ourselves to thee ; 
 Thine be our earliest years, Dur ia^i, 
 A ad our eternity. 
 
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39 I - Fjjr 31 t?«rs/ httk ChiU. C . M 
 
 I /"l THAT it were my chief dehriii 
 ^■■-^" -To do the thiiigB. i ought ! 
 Them let me try with all my might, 
 To mind what I am taught. 
 
 S Wherever t am told to go, 
 . ril cheer foil y obey ; 
 Nor will we mind it much, although 
 f leave a pretty play. 
 
 $ Whefri I am bid, I'll freely bring 
 Whatever I have got ; 
 Arid never touch a pretty thing 
 If mother telle me not. 
 
 4 And when I learn my hymns to say, 
 And w^ork, and read, .and spell, 
 I will not think about my play. 
 But try and do it well. 
 
 6 I'or God looks down from heayen on high, 
 Our actions to behold ; 
 And he is pleased when children try 
 To do as they are told. 
 
 «|||^ Prayer for a very little Child. T's 
 
 1 1^1 ENTLE Jesus, meek and mjia. 
 vJ" Look upon a little child ; 
 Pity my simplicity, 
 
 Suffer me to come to thee. 
 
 2 Kam I would to thee be broAight ^ 
 (.Gracious God, forbid it not: 
 
 fn the kms^doni ot^nhy grace, 
 Give a Httle child a place. ^ 
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8 O &^ppiy my every want. 
 Feed the young and tender plant ; 
 Dny and mght my keeper be, 
 Every moment watch round mo. 
 
 393 The Ministry of Artgelg^ C M 
 
 { /'^'^ OD'S angels come from heaven on hi«^^ 
 ^J^ To keep me safe from harm ; 
 To guard my head from danger rugh. 
 My bosom from alarm. 
 
 S They keep a careffil watch all ligbt.. 
 Around my peaceful bed ; 
 They wii) not let an evil light 
 .Upon my slumbering head. 
 
 3 They love to hear an infant pray 
 And praise the name divme ; 
 I cannot hear their songs, but they 
 Can hear and join in mine. 
 
 I They guard my path to heaven, and th<sy. 
 At last my soul will bear 
 Upon their shining wmgs away, 
 Their happiness to share. 
 
 'J 94 Cl6 ling School. f\ 
 
 I 17 OR a season called to part, 
 -T Let us now ourselves commend 
 To the gracious eye and heart 
 Of our ever-present Friend. 
 
 i Jesus, hear rur humble prayer , 
 Tender Shepherd of thy sheep. 
 Let thy mercy, and thy care. 
 Ail our souls in safety keep. 
 
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' What we each have now been taugJit, 
 Let our memories retain : 
 "Vlay we. if we live, be brought 
 flere to meet in peace again. 
 » Then, if thou instruction bless, 
 Songs of praises shall be givei ; 
 We'll our thankfulness express, 
 Mere on earth and when in heaven 
 
 1195 Repentance. H M 
 
 i TF Jesus Christ was sent 
 i- To save us from our sin, 
 And kindly teach us to repent, 
 We should at once begin. 
 ? He savs he loves to see 
 xA. broken-hearted one; 
 He loves that sinners such as we 
 Should mourn for what v/e've d.onB 
 i 'Tis not enough to say 
 We're sorry and repent ; 
 Yet still go on from day to day 
 Just as we always went. 
 4 Repentance is, to leave 
 The sins we loved before ; 
 And show that we in earnest grieve, 
 By doing so no more. 
 Lord, make us thus sincere, 
 To watch as well as prav , 
 However small, however deal, 
 Take ail our sms away. 
 6 And since the Saviour came 
 To make us turn from sin, 
 \^'ith holy grief and humble sham® 
 We would at once begin. 
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i^^ h ^hau he well with tfu Righteous. '6. M 
 \ 1 I7HAT cheering words are rheje I 
 VV Their sweetness who can tell ? 
 In rime and tc eternity, 
 'Tifl with the righteous well. 
 2 in every state secure, 
 Kept by Jehovah's eye; 
 Tis well with them while life endures, 
 A nd well when called to die. 
 ^ 'Tis well when joys arise ; 
 Tis well when sorrows flow ; 
 '^'is well when darkness veils the skies 
 And strong temptations blow 
 4 Tis well when at his throne, 
 They v/restle, weep, and pray, 
 Tis well when at his feet they groan, 
 Though grieved at his delay. 
 & 'I'is well when Jesus calls, ' 
 " From earth and sin arise, 
 Join with the hosts of ransomed souls. 
 Made to salvation wise." 
 
 'ii)7 Serious Thoughts of Ood. *' M 
 
 Fy OW great is God ! who made tn-M warti 
 1 By liis almighty power ; 
 IV ho gavf.' to all the creatures birth, 
 And keeps them every hour. 
 2 Does that great God my actions see ♦ 
 And will he hear my prayer.? 
 Will he look down to notice me 
 And make' my soul his care ? 
 •^ Yes. though he is so very great, 
 A nd reigns in heaven above ; 
 He. looks upon my hurnble state, 
 ^/ith pity and with love 
 
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4 lie sent his only Son, to sav© 
 My soul frcTTj death and hell, 
 That I might Live beyond the grsvs, 
 And in his presence dwell, 
 > Great God ! I never can repay 
 Th}' wondrous love to me ; 
 But O may I, without delay, 
 Yield my whole heart to thee ! 
 •198 TM Infant-school. 8, *v 
 
 . \jriTU.m these walls be peace, 
 
 ^ V Love through our borders founci, 
 In all our little palaces 
 Prosperity abound. 
 2 God scorns not humble thmgs . 
 Here, though the proud despise, 
 The children of the King of kings 
 Are training for the skies. 
 899 Infant Hymn. L. M. 
 
 OLORD of Hosts ! thou King of king» 
 Before whose throne, assembled sings 
 The great angelic host above, 
 in hymns of praise and notes of love. 
 
 2 hear this little infant band , 
 
 Who now have met at thy command 
 To bless thy name and try to raise 
 A song of gratitude and praise. 
 
 S Blest be thy name that we are fed, 
 
 And clothed, have where to lay our hmd , 
 That day by day we know and share 
 The blessh.gs of thy constant .care. 
 
 i But most of all, we bless thee now 
 That early we are taught to know 
 Thy wii I revealed in thy good word, 
 And read of Christ, our living Lord 
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^^D SUBJECTS. too. ^Ol 
 
 5 O let thv word as dew distil, 
 
 Our thirsty souls with knowledge tiii » 
 
 let thy Spirit light our eyes, 
 And make us to salvation wise, 
 
 100 Manner' g SoMath-sshool HymT^ L=M 
 0"AP FY is he who early steeris, 
 
 1 1 Like a trim vessel, straight for hesvr- u 
 Who Christian colours bravely rears, 
 
 And keeps the course that God has gsvoa 
 
 2 ^^ife is the ocean ; years the tide 
 
 That tioata ten thousand barks along ; 
 •Sins are the rocks on every side 
 
 Where passion drives a current strong, 
 
 3 Pleasure that looks so bright and fair, 
 
 Is like the shallows, set with sands ; 
 And many a wreck, forlorn and bare, , 
 Lies high and dry upon those strands ' 
 
 4 Faith is the compass, firm and true, 
 
 Whose needle points to Chnai the pole 
 That morning star will guide us through. 
 Though winds may how' and waves ma-. 
 roll. 
 
 101 Birth of Christ. CM 
 
 ' 'UPTAKE, slumbering world ! s midnip:ii! 
 W cry, 
 
 Conies with almighty breath ; 
 Wake ! thy redemption draweth nigh, 
 Shake on the dust of death. 
 i Yon staT, — those an^^els, shepherds, &mg^ 
 A birth from heaven proclaim ; 
 ^T^od'a only Son thy ransom brings 
 Tmrjoanu'."'! im hit? rmmt 
 
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^02 VARIOLS OCCASIONS. 
 
 5 Gather thy children from afai, 
 
 Of climes and tongues unknown^ 
 Show them the stable and the star, 
 Christ's manger and his throne. 
 
 I There, with the angels, loud and sweei, 
 All hearts, ail voices blend ; 
 There, with the shepherds at his feet, 
 All knees, all nations bend. 
 
 t> There, with the wise men from the easi^ 
 Sinners their oflerings bring; 
 Each at that altar is a priest, 
 And every priest a king. 
 
 6 For he shall wash them in his blood, 
 
 ^hall with his robes array; 
 And make them kings and priests to God 
 Lord Jesus! haste the day. 
 
 4029 BibU ExampUs. 0. 1 
 
 I TSAAC was ransomed while he lay 
 X Upon the altar bound; 
 Moses, an intant cast away, 
 Pharoah's own daughter found. 
 
 i Joseph, by his false brethren sold, 
 God raised above them all; 
 To Hannah's child the Lord foretold, 
 How Eli's house must fall. 
 
 ] David tne bear and lion slew. 
 And on Goliath trod ; 
 Josiah, from his boyhood knew 
 His Father, David's God. 
 
 Children are thus Jehovan's caro, 
 Thus youth may seek his face. 
 
 Since his own Son he did not eYuifx 
 With him ho g'\es all grace. 
 23H 
 
10^ About Work and Play. C-.M 
 
 i ' PilOSF children, who are all the day 
 i- AiIo\7ed to wander out,, 
 And only waste f heir time in piaj . 
 Or running wild about : 
 
 ^ Who do not any school attend. 
 But trifle as they will ; 
 Are almost certain in the end 
 To come to something ill. 
 
 ^ {'here's nothing worse than idleness 
 To lead them into sm : 
 Tis sure to end in wretchedness, 
 In poverty and pain. 
 
 "^ Sometimea they learn to lie and cheat, 
 Sometimes to steal and swear ; 
 'i'hese are the lessons in the street, 
 For idle children there. 
 
 104 FTho will enter Heaven. C, ^ 
 
 i i"\ WHO are they that venture near 
 yj The throne of God to see ? 
 Ten thousand happy ones, who here 
 W^ere children such as we. 
 
 2 Their infant spirits stayed awhile 
 With tender friends below ; 
 B 'ji death came early with a smil6 
 And glad they were to go. 
 
 8 f'heir sins the Saviour washed away, 
 He made them white and clean ; 
 7'hey loved his word, they loved his daj 
 They loved him, though unset* n. 
 
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t05, 40C^ TkRious ocr4Hro^e 
 
 4 \) may we travel as they trod, 
 
 The path that leads to heaven .• 
 And deek fomiveness from rhai Gt)4 
 Who hath their sins forgiven. 
 
 5 Dear Saviour ! hear this humble cry, 
 
 Our sinful hearts renew ; 
 "hat near thy throne bo bright i^nd higA 
 We may behold thee too. 
 
 105 "Lord,i3UI?" «'. ^ 
 
 } TlfHO would not join the fervent cry f 
 VV Who would not seek thy fac« t 
 And say, my Saviour ! is it 1 
 Who shall refuse thy grace ? 
 
 3 Shall I a hardened sinner prove i 
 Shall 1 thy favour spurn ? 
 Ib my young heart too proud to move, 
 Too obatniale to turn ? 
 
 i Forbid it, Lord ! we humbly pray; 
 
 And take us for thine own ; 
 
 We would not live another day 
 
 With such a heart of stone. 
 
 I O let not one before thee now, 
 Thy dreadful vengeance meet ; 
 6ut make the boldeat of us bow 
 Repenting at thy feet. 
 
 I lid Shall we only render Words. '^ ^ ^ 
 
 WHEN, his salvation bringing 
 To Zion Jesus came, 
 rhe children all stood 8ir4?in§r 
 Hosanns to his name 
 
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ASri) SUBJECTS. #^ 
 
 Nor did their zeal otfiead him, 
 
 BuJ as he rode alon^, 
 He lei them still atcend him, 
 
 And smiled to hear their soiig 
 I And smce the Lord reiaineth 
 
 Hie love for children atill ; 
 i'hough liow as King he reigneih 
 
 On Zion'e heavenly hill: 
 We'll tlock around his banner, 
 
 Who sits upon the throne ; 
 And cry aloud, " Hosanna 
 
 l"o David's royal Son." 
 i For should we fail proclaiming 
 
 Our great Redeemer's praise; 
 The stones, our silence shaming 
 
 Might well hosanna raise. 
 But shall we only render 
 
 The tribute of our words f 
 No ! while our hearts are tender, 
 
 They, too, shall be the Lord's. 
 
 ^117 On opening a nezc School. *■«• M. 
 
 1 /^ RE AT God, our feeble etforts own, 
 ^-^ And crown our labours with success^ 
 Grant tnal the-eeed in weakness sown, 
 May soon be raised in righteousness 
 To tnese our pupils mercy ahow , 
 
 And let their souls before thee live 
 For we may plant and water too, 
 But thou alone cansi increase give 
 ? Seal our instructions on each heart- 
 And teach them to observe thy wgy^ 
 i^ead them tt> choose the better ptin.. 
 A^nd serve thee m their ^c^uihtul ii%f»: 
 Q a4i 
 
108, 'iOt> VARIOUS 0€CA8I01f8 
 
 4 Then we and they, when time sh-all end. 
 
 Shall joyful meet thee in the sky ; 
 Before thy gracious footstool bend, 
 And praise thee to eternity. 
 
 I 08 Jesus Christ an Example. P- M 
 
 I I ESUS when a Uttle child 
 J Taught us what we ought to be , 
 Holy, harmless, undefiled, , 
 
 VVas the Saviour's infancy : 
 All the Father's glory shone 
 [n the person of his Son. 
 t As in age. and strength he grew, 
 
 Heavenly wisdom filled his breast ; 
 Crowds attentive round him drew, 
 Wondering at their infant guest ; 
 Gazed uponnis lovely face, 
 Saw him full of truth and grace. 
 
 5 'In his heavenly Father's house, 
 
 Jesus spent his early days ; 
 There he paid his solemn vows, 
 
 There proclaimed his Father's praise; 
 Thus it was his lot to gain 
 Favour both with God and man. 
 4 Father, guide our steps aright 
 
 In the way that Jesus tK>d ; 
 May it be our great delight 
 
 To obey thy will, O God ? 
 Then to us shall soon be ^iver 
 Endles3 bliss with Christ in heaven. 
 
 t09 Samuel in God* $ Temple. L M. 
 
 1 \7'0UNG Samuel, in hie infant daya, 
 \ Was carried to the house of God • 
 Early he learned his Maker's praiee, 
 Wbi!'? in b % holy courts he trod.. 
 ^2 
 
4irD SUBJECTS. tlO, fil 
 
 ^ To him wnile in his childish years, 
 
 The Lord his God himself made knowu 
 And told in httle Samuel's ears, 
 The things that shortly should be done 
 
 3 That Samuel (highly favoured child'^ 
 
 Would be a prophet, Israel knew. 
 For ali his sayings were fulfilled, 
 And every word he spake was true. 
 
 4 Then let us be, like Samuel, stili 
 
 Ready to listen to the Lord ; 
 For God can yet himself reveal 
 To children in his holy word. 
 
 1 i O Remember now thy Creator, v/, M. 
 i ]3 EM EMBER thy Creator now, 
 
 I^ In these thy yotithful days ;. 
 
 [ie will accept thine earliest vow ; 
 
 He loves thine earliest praise. 
 
 2 Remember thy Creator now, 
 
 Seek him while he is near ; 
 F^of evil days will come when thou 
 
 Shalt find no comfort here. 
 % Remember thy Creator now, 
 
 His wiUing servant be ; 
 Then, when thy head in death shall bo^ 
 
 He will remember thee. 
 4 Almighty God ! our hearts incline 
 
 Thy heavenly voice to hear ; 
 Let all our future days be thine, 
 
 Devoted to thv fear. 
 
 Ill Christian Commmiion. S. H 
 
 CHILDREN ! our Father calls. 
 And Christ invites us near , 
 '■^'tth both, our friendship shall be sw-f?. 
 4nd OU1" conjmojuoii de^i 
 
1i^ TARlOUfl OCCASIONS, &^. 
 
 2 God pities all our griefs ; 
 He pardons every day ; 
 Almighty to protect our souls. 
 And wise to ^uide our way. 
 f How large his bounties are ! 
 What various stores of good, 
 Diffused from our Redeemer's haud, 
 • And purchased with his blood ! 
 ^ Jesus, our living head, 
 
 We bless thy faithful care ; 
 Our advocate before the throne, 
 And our forerunner there. 
 ^ Here fix, our roving hearts ! 
 Here wait, our warmest love I 
 Till this communion be complete 
 ] n nobler scenes above. 
 
 112 The Commg of Christ. ^' ^ 
 
 LORD Jesus, come ! for here 
 Our path through wilds is isid ; 
 We watch as for the day -spring near, 
 Amid the breaking shade. 
 ^ Lord Jesus, come i for still 
 
 Vice shouts with senseless mirth: 
 And famished thousands crave their fill. 
 While teems the fruitful earth. 
 
 Lord Jesus, come .' for hosts 
 Meet on the battle-plain ; 
 The Christian mourns, the tyrant boasts, 
 And tears are shed like ram. 
 ^ Hark ! herald voices near 
 Proclaim thy happier day : 
 Conie, Lord, and our hosann?^^^ bear! 
 We wait to strew thy '^'av 
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 I I 3 Praise to Ood. L. U 
 
 \ C^TERNAL power, whose high abode 
 'A^J B^jcomes the grandeur of a God ; 
 In vain ihe loftiest an^el tries 
 1 o reach thy height with wonderin;^ eyes 
 
 2 Karth from afar has heard thy fame, 
 A wd mortals learned to lisp thy name ; 
 But O the glories of thy mind 
 Leave all our soaring thoughts behind. 
 
 ^ God is in heaven, but man below 
 Be short our prayers, our words be few ; 
 A solemn reverence checks our songs, 
 And praise sits silent on our tongues. 
 
 I i 41 Songs of Triumph. C . N5 
 
 SIN G we the song of those who stand 
 Around the eternal throne ; 
 Of every kindred, clime and land, 
 A multitude unknown 
 
« T c'l, trial, suffering still awa* 
 
 Those that compose our throng; 
 Yet ^^an^ we in our low eslato 
 
 The church triumphant's song. 
 9 Worthy the Lamb, who once was s aiis. 
 
 Cry the Redoemed above, 
 Blessing and honour to obtain, 
 
 And everlasting love. 
 vVorthy the Lamb, on earth wi» snig. 
 
 Who died, our eoul^ to save ; 
 Henceforth^ O Death, where is vhy stin^ » 
 
 Thy victory, O Grave? 
 
 ^15 fVhat shall we give IViee 7 i- ^^ 
 
 CREATURES, dependent day by day, 
 By goodness and by mercy biesi. 
 What have we, Lord, to give away? 
 What single treasure, self-possessed ? 
 
 * 'Tis of thine own, whate'er we bring ; — 
 
 Time, gold, or talent, strength or zeal » 
 ' Thy sovereign tavour is the sprinp: 
 
 ()f all the good we do, or feel. 
 :i Virtue and power thy grace imparts ; 
 Gives vital w.armth to head and hand : 
 Stirs the dead current round our hearts, 
 And sends us forth, a living band, 
 i Thine now, by twice ten thousand claims, 
 What can we to thy bounty pay ' 
 What bui enrol our worthless names , 
 Thy servants, to our dying day ' 
 
 * Y'ei. Lord, so frail and faithless we, 
 
 Such traitors to the vows we take. 
 Thou, surety for thy servants be, 
 Or twice ten thousand ties we break 
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" I 6 Lovt. I .. M 
 
 LOVE is the theme of saints ribove ; 
 Love be the iheme of saints below. 
 Love is of God, for God is love ; 
 With love let every bosom glow 
 
 \ Love to the Spirit of all grace, 
 
 Love to the Scriptures of all truth ; 
 Love to our whole apostate race, 
 Love to the aged, love to youth. 
 
 3 Love to each other ; — soul and mind, 
 
 And heart and hand with full accord 
 In one sweet covenani combined 
 To live and die unto the Lord. 
 
 4 Christ's little flock we then shall feed, 
 
 The Lai. lbs wc in our arms shall hear ; 
 R^xlaim the lost, the feeble lead, 
 And watch o'er a'l m faith and prsye? 
 
 1. S 7 Sf taking and si'Kgtrig of Christ. L. iVi 
 I ^TTHY should believers when they mnp.' 
 VV Not speak of Christ, the King they 
 
 own? 
 Who gives them hope that they shall sii 
 With him, for ever on his throne. 
 
 i Is any other name so great 
 
 As his who bore the sinner's loadf I 
 
 Is any subject half so sweet. 
 So various, as the love of God ? 
 
 % "Tis this that charms reluctant man. 
 That makes his opposition cease ; 
 beholding love's amazing plan. 
 He drops his arms aua sues for peace, 
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1^8 aiOKTHLY COHCERT. 
 
 4 Twas BO with us ; we once were foes, 
 
 Were foes to Him who gave us breath 
 Btit he whose mercy freely flows, 
 Has saved us from eternal death. 
 ^ We look $vith hope to that great day 
 When Jesus will with clouds appeai , 
 A sight of him will well repay 
 Our labours and our sorrows here. 
 
 5 Of Him then let us speak and stng, 
 
 Whose glory we expect to share ; 
 
 In heaven we shall behold our King, 
 
 And yield a nobler tribute there. 
 
 118 Take up thy Cross. t^-^J 
 
 1 ^pAKE up thy cross ! the Saviour said, 
 
 X If thou wonildst my disciple be ; 
 Take up thy cross with wiUing heart, 
 And humbly follow after me. 
 
 2 Take up thy cross ! let not its weight 
 
 Fill thy weak spirit with alarm ; 
 My &*re7igth shall bear thy spirit up, 
 ^ And brace thy heart, and nerve thy arra 
 
 3 Take up thy cross ! nor heed the shame. 
 
 And let wiy foolish pride be still ; 
 Thy Lord did not refuse to die 
 upon a cross on Calvary s hill. 
 
 4 Take up thy cross ! then, in his strength 
 
 And calmly, sin's wild deluge bravo , 
 'Twill guide ihee to a better home, 
 it points to bliss beyond the grave. 
 
 5 Take up thv cross ! and follow me, 
 
 Noi- think till death to lay it down; 
 f jr only he who bears the cross, 
 May h^pe to wear the glorious crown, 
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 -1 i l:f Crowning the So,viour. ^-' • ^'^ 
 
 i /\ LL hail tlie power of Jesus' name * 
 -i^j^ Let angels prostrate tal) ; 
 Brill? forth the royal diadem, 
 And crown him Lord of all. 
 
 ? Ye chosen seed of Israel's race, 
 A remnant weak and small ! 
 Hail Him who saves you by his grs.ce 
 And crown him Lord of all. 
 
 i Ye Gentile sinners, ne'er forget 
 The wormwood and the gall ; 
 Go, spread your trophicH at his feet, 
 And crown him Lord of all. 
 
 I Teachers, who suiely know his love, 
 Who feel your sin and thrall, 
 Nov/ join with all the hosts above, 
 And crown him Lord of all. 
 
 S May we with heaven^s rejoicing tnrong 
 Before his presence fall, 
 Join in the everlasting song, 
 And crown him Lord of all ! 
 
 1.^0 Invitation to Praise. ^- "^ 
 
 I f^ OME, ye who love the Lord, 
 kJ And let your joys be known ; 
 Join in a song with sweet a«cord. 
 And thus surround the throne. 
 
 I Let those refuse to sing, 
 
 Who never knew out God ; 
 But servants of the heavenly King 
 Should speak their joys abroad. 
 
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t!?l, 122 MOlVTHLr CONC RUT. 
 
 3 The men of grace have found 
 
 Glory begun below; 
 Celestial fruits on earthly ground, 
 From faith aud hope may grow. 
 
 4 The hill of Ziun yields 
 
 A thousand lacred sweets, 
 Before we rea^.h the heavenly fields. 
 
 Or walk the golden streets. 
 Then let our songs abound, 
 
 And every tear be dry ; 
 We're marching through Immanuers grounc 
 
 To fairer worlds on nigh. 
 
 121 Union. I. M 
 
 1 TTNION ! it is a hallowed name 
 
 'U To all who feel the Saviour's love; 
 Whose hope of heavenly joy's the e^me ; 
 Who by their works their faith would pro?^? 
 
 2 We would adore his wondrous grace, 
 
 That teachers here in love agree, 
 Satan's malignant hosts to face, 
 And make the alien armies flee. 
 
 3 Lord ! let our union more increase, 
 
 As months and years revolve then round 
 In purest hgliness and peace 
 Let us, thy servants, still be found. 
 
 4 Ps ending our zeal with watchful care 
 
 From house to house, from door to door 
 Till all, matured instruction share 
 With all the children, rich and poor. 
 
 lil^ Universal Praise. B, 7 
 
 SAINTS, with pious zeal attending, 
 Now R grateful tribute raise ; 
 'Jolemn songs to herven ascendini?, 
 »oin the universa praise 
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2 P.ound Jehovah's fcotsiooi kneeling. 
 
 Lowly bend with contrite souls ; 
 Here his milder grace revealing, 
 
 Here his wrath no thunder rolls. 
 5 Kvery secret fault confessing, 
 
 Deed unrighteous, thought of sin ; 
 Seize, O seize the proffered blessing. 
 
 Grace from God, and peace within. 
 Heort and. voice with rapture swellini? 
 
 Still the soni^ of glory raise ; 
 On the theme immortal dwefling 
 
 J bin the universal praise. 
 
 I ^ 'I Praitte to Christ g' "J 
 
 1 IT AIL, thou once despised. Jesus ! 
 i X Hail, thou everlasting King ! 
 Thou didst suffer to release us, 
 
 Thou didst free salvation bring. 
 Bail, thou agonizing Saviour I 
 
 Bearer of our sin and shame ; 
 By thy merits we find favour. 
 
 Life is given through thy name. 
 
 2 Paschal Lamb ! by God appointed, 
 
 All our sin^on thee were laid ; 
 By almighty love anointed, 
 
 Thou hast full atonement made : 
 ^11 thy people are forgiven 
 
 Through the virtue of thy blood. 
 Opened is the gate of heaven. 
 
 Peace is made with man and God, 
 ^ Jesus, hail ! enthroned in glory, 
 
 There for ever to abide ; 
 ."vil the heavenly hosts adore tneo 
 
 Seatca at thy Fat he;' 8 side ; 
 
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^2^9 -1-25 .^OWTHL? CCSr.EBT. 
 
 There for sinners thou an pleading 
 
 There thou dost our place preuare , 
 Ever for us interceding 
 
 Till in glory we appear. 
 I^^J: Pleading the Projriisi. ^i / 
 
 I "OLESSED Saviour—Thuu hast told m. 
 ~0 In the midst of two or three, 
 Thou art present to behold us, 
 
 If we humbly call on thee ; 
 Blessed promise — blessed promiss— 
 
 May we thy salvation see ! 
 i O mstruct us, gracious Master, ' 
 
 While thy tender lambs we guide ; 
 May we lead them to green pasture, 
 
 By the living water's side, 
 W here the fountain of salvation, 
 
 Pours its Boul- refreshing tide. 
 I Lord, we bring our charge before the© 
 
 Little ones of thine own fold ; 
 Teach them, Saviour, to adore thee. 
 
 As those children did of old, 
 Who sung praises, high hosaimas, 
 
 .When the hearts ofmen were cold 
 i Haste the ti/ne when all the islands 
 
 In the bosom of the sea; 
 And the lowlands, plains and higb*arid» 
 
 Shall resound with praise to tl. ee ; 
 And the children of all nations 
 
 Shall their God and Saviour see. 
 
 435 Prayer to Christ. CM. 
 
 I f^ OME, Lord, and warm each languid heart 
 v^ Inspire each lifeless tongue , 
 And let the joys of heaven imparl 
 Their influence to our song. 
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2 Sorrow and pain, and every care. 
 And discord there snail cease ; 
 And perfect joy, and love sincere, 
 Adorn the realms of peace. 
 
 5 The soul, from sin for ever free, 
 Shall mourn its powder no more ; 
 But, clothed in spotless purity. 
 Redeeming love adoro. 
 
 t Lord, tune our hearts to praise and lo^e, 
 Our feeble notes inspire; 
 Till in thy blissful courts above 
 We join th' angelic choir. 
 
 126 The Presence of Christ desirtd. 1- M 
 
 JESUS, where'er thy people meet 
 There they behold thy mercy- Bcax j 
 Where'er they seek thee, thou art foufi-d, 
 And every place is hallowed ground. 
 
 2 For thou, within no wails confined, 
 Inhabitest the humble mind ; 
 Such ever bring thee where they come, 
 And gomg, take thee to their home. 
 
 Here may we prove the power ol prayas 
 To strengthen faith, and sweeten cars 
 I'o teach our faint desires to rise, 
 And bring all heaven before our eyea. 
 
 4 Behold ! at thy commanding word, 
 Let Zion stretch her cords abroad ; 
 Come, then, and fill that wider spsc*, 
 Aud bless us with a lar^e increas-b 
 
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 "^ dBi Prayer for Success ^i *• '^ 
 
 I ^T^HOU, who didst with love and blesding, 
 L Gatlier Zioii's babes to thee ; 
 Still a Saviour's love expressing, 
 These, the babes of Zion see ; 
 
 Bless the labours, 
 That would bring them up for thee 
 
 8 Smile upon the weak endeavour, 
 Vain, if thou thy smile deny : 
 Lo! they rise, — to live for ever! 
 Train, train them for the sky ! 
 
 Ne'er may Satan 
 Plunder Zion's nursery. 
 
 3 Let no self-applauding feeling, 
 
 N ought of praise from mortals won, 
 O'er the heart infectious stealing 
 Poison what our hands have done ; 
 
 Raise the motives, 
 Sink the pride of every one. 
 
 4 Love to thee, and pure affection 
 
 For the lambs that need a fold, 
 These should give our zeal direction 
 And prevent its growing cold ; • 
 
 Or support us, 
 E'en if blessing thou withhold. 
 
 6 Yet, with humble fervour bending, 
 We that blessing would entreat ; 
 ih the infant heart descending, 
 Make the toils of learning sweety 
 
 Straight to Zion, 
 J urik :he young inauirer'» feet, 
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 6 Then, whan long we both have slumbered 
 Side by side, in common dust, 
 ^ith thy ransomed people numbered. 
 With the assembly of the just ; 
 
 Child and teacher, 
 Saviour ! own our humble trust. 
 
 1 -tJo Prayer for Qod* 8 presence. ^ ^ 
 
 O COULD I find from day today 
 A nearness to my God ; 
 Tnen should my hours glide sweei away ' 
 And lean upon his word. 
 
 2 Lord, I desire with thee to live 
 
 Anew from day to day ; 
 fn joys the world can never give, 
 Nor ever take away. 
 
 3 O Jesus, come and rule my heart, 
 
 And make me wholly thine, 
 That I may never more depart, 
 
 Nor grieve thy love divine. 
 i Thus till my last expiring breath, 
 
 Thy goodness I'll a-dore ; 
 And when my flesh dissolves in death. 
 
 My soul shall love thee more. 
 
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 PRAYER is the soul's sincere deairp 
 Unuttered or expressed ; 
 The motion of a hidden fire 
 That trembles in the breast. 
 2 iPr&yer is the burden of a 8igh, 
 The falling of a tear ; 
 The upward glancing of an eye. 
 When none but Qo^ ia ne&i. 
 
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 'i Prayer is the simplest form ol speecb 
 That iriiant lips can try ; 
 Prayer the sublimest strains that rea^a 
 The majesty on high. 
 I Prayer is the contrite sinner's veice 
 Returning from his ways ; 
 While angels in their songs rejoice. 
 And say — " Behold he prays." 
 
 ^ »iO Prayer to the Savtour g^ 7 
 
 SAVIOUR; visit thy piantanon , 
 Grant us, Lord, a gracious ^aip ! 
 All will come to desolation, 
 
 Unless thou return again : 
 Keep no longer at a distance ; 
 
 Shine upon us from on high ; 
 Lest, for want of thy assistance, 
 
 Every plant should droop and die 
 I Surely once thy garden flourished, 
 
 Every part looked gay and green 
 Then thy word our spirit nourished ; 
 
 Happy sej^sons we have seen ! 
 But a drought has since succeeded, 
 
 And a sad decline we see ; 
 Lord, thy help is greatly needed,-- 
 
 lielp'can only come from thee. 
 * Let our mutual love be fervent, 
 
 Make us prevalent in prayer ; 
 Let each one esteemed thy seiTant 
 
 Shun the world's enticing snsjm 
 Break the tempter's fatal power ; 
 
 Turn the stony heart to flesh \ 
 kwd begin from this gjood hour 
 
 j\; revi^c^ thy worfe 4ireik» 
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l«ll Tlie great Physician. ^^- ^ 
 
 I TTEAL us, Immanuei, here we stand, 
 Jrl Waiting to feel ihy touch ; 
 To wounded souls stretch forth thy hand 
 Blest Saviour, we are such. 
 
 i Remember him who once applied, 
 With trembling for relief; 
 * Lord, I believe," with tears he cried, 
 " Oh, help my unbelief." 
 
 S She too, who touched thee in the presa 
 And healing virtue stole, 
 Was answered, "Daughter, go in peace? 
 Thy faith hath made thee whole." 
 
 4 Like her, with hopes and fears we com© 
 To touch thee if we may ; 
 O send us not despairing home, 
 Send none unhealed away. 
 
 132 Pray and not Faint. S. i^'' 
 
 \ TESUS, who knows full well 
 J The heart of every saint, 
 Invites us all our griefs to tell, 
 To pray and never faint. 
 
 He bows his gracious ear, 
 We never plead in vain ; 
 Then let us wait till he appear, 
 And pray, and pray again. 
 
 B Though unbeUef suggest, 
 Whv should we longer waul 
 lie bids us never give nim rest,. 
 Bui knock ai mercy s gate. 
 
t33. 43 ^ MONTHLT COHCERT. 
 
 4 Then lei us earnest cry, 
 And never faint in prayer, 
 He sees, he hears, and trom on high, 
 Will make our cause his care. 
 
 1^3 The Benefits of Prayer. L Ifc* 
 
 PRAYER is appointed to convey 
 The blessings God designs to give 
 Long as they hve should Christians pray 
 For only while they pray they live. 
 
 2 If pain afflict, or wrongs oppress ; 
 If cares distract, or fears dismay \ 
 If guilt deject ; if sin distress ; 
 In every case, still watch and pray. 
 
 t 'Tis prayer supports the soul that's weak, 
 Though thought be broken, language lams 
 Pray, if thou canst, or canst not speak ; 
 But pray with faith in Jesus' name. 
 
 i Depend on Him, thou canst not fa; ; 
 
 Make all thy wants and wishes known , 
 Fear not, his merits must prevail ; 
 Ask but in faith, it shall be done, 
 
 Ir«l4: The Woman of Samaria. C. "^^ 
 
 i T IKE her who on Samaria's ground, 
 1-J Beneath a sultry sky, 
 Oft at the Patriarch's well was found, 
 Her weary toil to ply : 
 \ Thus we our measured span employ 
 In labours, long and vain ; 
 We try each boasted fount of joy, 
 Andfdrink and thirst ag-ain. 
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ftCOWTKir COBTCERT. ftSt 
 
 $ '') thoa, who With a pitying heart, 
 Didst hear her earnest tale, 
 To us that living stream impart, 
 Whose waters never fail. 
 
 4 So shall our broken cisterns here, 
 
 By fickle dew-drops fed, 
 No more awake the bitter tear. 
 Or bow the sorrowing head. 
 
 5 A holy fountain in the soui, 
 
 Efernaily shall rise, 
 Supplied by those pure streams that roil 
 Whore pleasure never dies. 
 
 1*11^ Ezhortation to Prayer. L« M 
 
 WHAT various hindrances we meet 
 In coming to a mercy -seat ! 
 Let who thai knows the worth of prayer, 
 Bui wishes to be often there ? 
 I Prayer makes the darkened heart withdraw 
 Prayer climbs the ladder Jacob saw, 
 Gives exercise to faith and love, 
 Brings every blessing from above. 
 
 5 Restraining prayer, we cease to fight ; 
 Prayer makes the Christian's armour brigi? 
 And Satan trembles when he sees 
 
 The weakest saint upon his knees. 
 4 Have you no words ? ah, think again ; 
 Words tiow apace when you complain, 
 And fill your fellow -creature's ear 
 With the sad tale of all your care. 
 
 6 Were half the breath thus vainly epeni, 
 To heaven in supplication sent ; 
 
 Your cheerful songs would oftener be, 
 ' H 3a' what the Lord has done for m® i' 
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 1116 For the Holy Spirit. V M 
 
 1 ^EE, Jesus, thy disciples see 
 O The promised blessing give ' 
 Met in thy name, we look to thoe 
 
 Expecting to receive. 
 
 2 Thee we expect, our faithful Lord, 
 
 Who m thy name are joined ; 
 We wait according to thy word, 
 Thee in the midst to find. 
 
 3 With us thou art assembled here, 
 
 But, O, thyself reveal ! 
 Son of the living God appear '. 
 Let us thy presence feel. 
 
 4 Breathe on us, Lord, in this our day, 
 
 And these dry bones shall live ; 
 Speak peace unto our hearts, and e^y, 
 "■ The Holy Ghost receive." 
 
 § Whcrni now we seek, O may we mset I 
 Jesus, the Crucified; 
 Shaw us thy bleediiig hands and feet. 
 Thou who for us hast died. 
 
 IS 7 Christ in the Prayer Meztiig, C M 
 
 JESUS, unite our hearts to thee, 
 And join us all in one ; 
 And in our meetings everywhere, 
 Be thou our aim alone. 
 
 I Reign thou sole monarch of oar hcwji^ 
 Without a rival reign ; 
 fill we with angels join f.bove 
 To praise the lamb once sl^Kc 
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1^8 What toe meet for. S« ^ 
 
 O JESUS, not for pride 
 O. selfishness we meet ; 
 Per prayer and praise we turn aside, 
 And worldly thoughts forget. 
 
 I We meet the grace to take, 
 Which thou haet freely given ; 
 We meet on earth for thy dear sake, 
 That we may meet in heaven. 
 
 3 Present we know thou art ; 
 But, O, thyself reveai ! 
 
 Now, Lord, let every waiting heart 
 Thy gracious presence fee! ! 
 
 4 O may thy quickening voice 
 The death of sin remove ; 
 
 And bid our inmost souls rejoice, 
 In hope of perfect love ! 
 
 4.39 The Example of ChrtsU L. M 
 
 I 1\ /T Y dear Redeemer and my Lord 
 IV JL I read mv duty in thy word ; 
 But in thy life the law appears 
 Drawn out in living characters. 
 
 8 Such was thy truth, and such thy zeal, 
 Such deference to thy Father's will, 
 Such love, and meekness so divine, 
 F would transcribe and make rhem mine 
 
 B Cold mountains and the midnight air 
 Witnessed the fervour of thy prayer ; 
 The desert thy temptations knew, 
 Thy conflict and tby victory too. 
 
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IfO, 441 MOKTHXy cosrcEBT. 
 
 i Be thou my pattern ; make me bear 
 More of thy gracious ima^e here ; 
 Then God the Judge shall own my n&m^ 
 Amongst the followers of the Lamb 
 
 140 Prayer to Christ. L. M 
 
 I f\ THOU our Teacher, Brother, Friei*^ 
 yj Behold a cloud of incense rise ; 
 The prayers of saints to heaven ascend. 
 Grateful, accepted sacrifice. 
 t Regard our prayers for Zion's peace ; 
 Shed in our hearts thy love abroad ; 
 Thy gifts abundantly increase : 
 And fill us with the peace of God ! 
 
 3 Before thy sheep, great Shepherd, go, 
 
 And guide into thy perfect will ; 
 Cause us thy hallowed name to know, 
 The work of faith in us fulfil. 
 
 4 Help us to make our calling sure ; 
 
 O let us all be saints indeed ! 
 And pure as thou thyself art pure ; 
 Conformed in all things to our head. 
 
 'in Prayer for a Blessing. P. M 
 
 I n^ O thee our wants are known, 
 X From thee are all our poweis ; 
 Accept what is thine ownl 
 And pardon what is ours 
 Our praises. Lord, and prayers receive. 
 And to thy word a blessing give. 
 t O grant that each of us, 
 
 Who meet before thee here, 
 May meet together thus. 
 
 When thou and thine appear I 
 And follow thee to heaven our home ; 
 E'en so, Amen J^ord Jesus, com© ♦ 
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14^ Christ tn tM Midst L. M. 
 
 ^AN we believe thy precious word, 
 
 'C^ 
 
 And not assemble in thy name ? 
 Sure, if we meet, to meet our I^ord, 
 And catch thy whisper, " Here 1 am '' 
 2 Where two or three, with fairhfui heart. 
 Unite to plead the promise given. 
 As truly in the midat thou art 
 As in the countless hosts of heaven. 
 
 i43 The Mercy-seat. C M 
 
 { TVfO, never shall my heart despond. 
 
 1^ Long ap my Ups can pray ; 
 
 My latest breath, with effort fond 
 Shall pass in prayer away. 
 
 2 There is a heavenly mercy-seat 
 
 To caljn the sinner's fears; 
 
 There is a Saviour at whose feet 
 
 The mourner dries his tears. 
 
 3 When friends depart, and hopes are rivea 
 
 And gathering atorms I see, 
 My Bom is but the sooner driven, 
 Eternal Rock, to thee ! 
 
 4 O for a voice of sweeter sound, 
 
 For every wind to bear ; 
 To teach the liatenino; world around 
 The blessedness ol prayer ! 
 
 444 Christian Faltowship. L. M 
 
 K a TS7HERE tv^^o or three, with swef 
 V V accord, 
 
 Obedient to their sovereign Lord, 
 Meet to recount his acts of grace, 
 4nd offer »oiernn prayer and praise : 
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i '* There/' says the Saviour, " will I b%. 
 Amid this little company ; 
 To them unveil my smiling face. 
 And shed my glories round the piace '" 
 
 S We meet at thy command, O Lord, 
 Relying on thy faithful word ; 
 Now send thy Spirit from above. 
 Now fill our hearts with heavienly love. 
 
 445 Teacher' 8 Object. O. M 
 
 i A TTRACTED by love's sabred force, 
 -TL Like planets to the sun, 
 Though different spheres may mark oiii 
 course, 
 Our centre is but one. 
 
 2 As teachers of the young we meet, 
 
 Our object is the same ; 
 To lead them to the Saviour's feet, 
 And praise his glorious name. 
 
 3 We meet to strengthen and unite 
 
 Our hearts in this employ ; 
 O may our work be our delight, 
 A crown of future joy. 
 
 4 May union, zeal, and wisdom join 
 
 1 o make our meetings blessed ; 
 And mutual love to God and man, 
 Be constantly possessed. 
 
 146 Ml one in Christ. S M 
 
 ET party names no more 
 
 The Christian world o'erspread 
 Gentile and Jew, and bond and free. 
 Are one in Christ their head 
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S Among the saints on earth, 
 Let m^itnal love be found ; 
 Heirs of the same inheritance.. 
 With mutual blessings crowned. 
 
 S Thus will the chu?ch below 
 Resemble that above ; 
 Where streams of pleasure ever flow, 
 A nd every heart is love 
 
 147 The Yoke easy. CM 
 
 \ TESUS, united by thy grace, 
 J And each to each endeared, 
 With confidence we seek thy face, 
 And know our prayer is heard. 
 
 2 Still let us own our common Lord, 
 
 And bear thine easy yoke ; 
 
 A band of love, a threefold cord, 
 
 Which never can be broke. 
 
 3 Make us into one spirit drink ; 
 
 Baptized into thy name ; 
 And let us always kindly think 
 And kindly speak the same. 
 
 4 To thee inseparably joined, 
 
 Let all our spirits cleave ; 
 
 O may we all the loving mind 
 
 That was in thee receive ! 
 
 148 Communion. L. M 
 
 BRETHREN, beloved for Jesus' sake 
 A hearty welcome here receive ; 
 May we together now partake 
 The joys which he alone can give ' 
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f4» MOlfTFtl'f rcmt^sBT. 
 
 2 May he, by whose kind care we meev 
 
 Send bis good Spirit from abov*. . 
 Make our comraunications sweet, 
 And cause our hearts to burn with im« 
 
 3 Forgotten be each worldly theme, 
 
 When thus we meet to pray ani prau»f 
 We only wish to speak of him, 
 
 And tell the wonders of hia grace. 
 We'll talk of all he did and said, 
 
 His sufferings and hie dying love, 
 The path he marked for us to tread, 
 
 And how he tnumphs now above. 
 b Thus as the moments pass away, 
 
 We'll love, and wonder, and adore; 
 Then hasten on the glorious day, 
 
 When we shall meet to part no more, 
 
 149 For the Spread of the Gospel. C. M 
 
 1 /^UR SOU Is, by love together knit, 
 Vy Cemented, mixed in one, 
 
 One hope, one heart, one mind, one voice, 
 'Tis heaven on earth begun. 
 
 2 Our hearts have burned while Jesui* spake 
 
 And glowed with sacred fire ; . 
 He stopped, and talked, and fed, and blep* 
 
 And filled th' enlarged desire. 
 A rill, a stream, a torrent flows ! 
 
 But pour a mighty flood ; 
 O sweep the nations, shake the e&rth. 
 
 Till all proclaim thee Gpd. 
 i And when thou mak'st thy jewels up 
 
 And sett' St thy starry crown ; 
 When all thy sparkling gems shall ahui* 
 
 Proclaimed by thee thine own — 
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d May «ve, a little band of love, 
 Wo eirmers, saved by grace, 
 From glory unto glory changed, 
 Behold thee, face to face I 
 t50 Christian Fellowship. ^ M 
 
 1 "OLEST be the tie that binds 
 13 Our hearts in Christian lovtj ; 
 
 The fellowship of kindred minds 
 le hke to that above. 
 
 2 Before our Father's throne, 
 We pour our ardent prayers ; 
 
 Our fears, our hopes, our aims are 02s* 
 Our comforts and our cares. 
 
 3 We share our mutual woes ; 
 Our mutual burdens bear; 
 
 And often for each other flows 
 The sympathizing tear. 
 
 4 When we asunder part, 
 It gives us inward pain. 
 
 But we shall still be joined iii heart, 
 And hope to meet again. 
 
 5 This glorious hope revives 
 Our courage by the way ; 
 
 While each in expectation lives, 
 
 And longs to see the day. 
 ^ From sorrow, toil^ and pain, 
 
 And sin we shall be free : 
 And perfect love and ftiendship reiga 
 
 Through all eternity. 
 
 451 Take up the Cross. B M 
 
 I \ ND are we yet alive, 
 
 ±\ And see each other's face ? 
 Glory and praise to Jesbs give, 
 For his preserving grace ! 
 
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%S.4 MOHTTHLT COmCBUV. 
 
 i Preserved by power divine 
 We meet as brethren here, 
 A ??ain in Jesua' praise we join, 
 And in his sight appear. 
 3 What troubles have we seen * 
 What conflicts have we past ! 
 Fightings without, and fears withis 
 Since we assembled last ; 
 \ But out of all the Lord 
 
 Hath brought us by his love , 
 And still he doth his help afford, 
 And hides our life above. 
 
 5 Then let us make our boast 
 Of his redeeming power, 
 
 Which saves us to the uttermost, 
 Till we can sin no more. 
 
 6 Let us take up the cross, 
 Till we the crown obtain ; 
 
 And gladly reckon all things losS; 
 So we may Jesus gain. 
 
 152 TryuSyOOod. ^^ U. 
 
 1 'T^RY US, O God, and search the grcund 
 i Of every sinful heart ; 
 Whate'er of sin in us is found, 
 O bid it all depart ! 
 3 When to the right or left we stray 
 Leave us not comfortless ; 
 But guide our feet into the way 
 Of everlasting peace. 
 i Help us to help each other, Lord. 
 Each other's cross to bear ; 
 Let each hi^ fnendly aid afford, 
 And feel \m brother's care. 
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MONTHLIJ COirCERT. 453, ff^ 
 I^O Dependent on God. 8. F". 
 
 i XTOW serious is the charge 
 -s-l To train the infant mmd j 
 'Tis God alone can give a heart 
 To such a work incUned. 
 I May we in Christian bonds 
 The Christian name adorn, 
 By active deeds for public good, 
 Nor mind the sinner's scorn. 
 While wicked men unite, 
 Our youth to lead aside; 
 Tis ours to show them wisdom's path, 
 In wisdom's path to guide. 
 
 4 Dependent, Lord, on thee, 
 
 Our humble means to bless ; 
 We gladly join our hearts and hands. 
 And look tor large success. 
 
 454 Holy Fortitiio.c. C i^ 
 
 5 A M I a soldier of the cross, 
 JOl a follower of the Lamb f 
 
 And shall 1 fear to own his cause, 
 Or blush to speak his name ? 
 % Shall T be carried to the skies, 
 On flowery beds o^'ease ? 
 While others fought to win the prise, 
 And sailed through bloody seas. 
 S A.re there no foes for me to face, 
 Must I not stem the liood ? 
 Is this vain world a friend lo grace. 
 To help me on to God ? 
 i Sure I must fight, if I would reign, 
 Increase my courage, Lord ! 
 ril bear the toil, enaure the pain, 
 Supported by thy word. 
 
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*65, 45 15 MONTHLY CONCERN. 
 
 ^ Thy saints in all this glorious war 
 Shall conquer though they die ; 
 They see the triumph from afar, 
 By faith they bring it nigh. 
 
 6 When that illustrious day shall rise 
 And all thy armies shme, 
 In robes of victory through the skiet., 
 The glory shall be thine. 
 
 frO^ iVatcfi and pray ^' '^^ 
 
 I jl/T Y soul be on thy guard, 
 
 IVl. Ten thousancf foes arise ; 
 And hosts of sin are pressing hard, 
 
 To draw thee from the skies. 
 
 i O watch, aiid fight, and pray, 
 The baiile ne'er give o'er ; 
 Renew it boidly every day, 
 And help divine implore. 
 
 3 Ne'er think the victory won, 
 Nor once at ease ah down; 
 Thy arduous work will not be done, «> 
 1 ill thou hast got thy crown. . 
 
 I^^ Prayer for God's Presence. L. M. 
 
 HERE, gracious God, beneath thy te/^' 
 Friends to the young and the^ v ( 
 meet, 
 Joined by the cord of muiual love. 
 Bound to our common friend above. 
 
 S Our hearts thy throne of grace addrebw 
 Smile on our schools, the children bless 
 bor Jesus' sake, who once on earth 
 Appeared a chiy j of lowly birth. 
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aiOWTSLT CONCEKT, ♦SI 
 
 3 Biese ali the plans which we devise, 
 May they be useful, good, and wise. 
 Whilst we our humble labours bend 
 Thy glorious kingdom to extend. 
 
 4 May wisdom, zeal, and love inspire 
 Our bosoms with their purest fire ; 
 While faith on thine own word relieSt 
 And hope looks joyful to the skies. 
 
 Grant us thy presence, God of grace, 
 Now while we meet before thy face, 
 That we may feel, ere we depart, 
 Thy love diffused through every heart. 
 
 t57 The Hope of the Church. L. ^ 
 
 i /CHILDHOOD and youth, how vain the^ 
 V^* seem ! 
 
 Their beauty passes hke a dream, 
 And soon or hue, tlie lovelies; bloom 
 Will fade and wither in the tomb. 
 
 1 Yet in our charge with hope we trac^ 
 The features of a future race, 
 
 And in these youthful classes, see 
 The seed of churches yet to be. 
 
 5 God of the church, which must remai© 
 While generations wax and wane, 
 For this we toil, — O deign to bless 
 Th^ humble effort with success. 
 
 i Hence, fill thy courts with sorigs of pra 
 Hence, ministers and people raise, 
 And hencL , supply the laiHng bands 
 That bear thy v/ord to heathen landb 
 
 5 We plead thy promise, sovereign Lojrf 
 While thus we pray with one accord ' 
 E'en as thy promise let it be, 
 For, t^^ucbing th'S, we all mitdij 
 
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f^SS, 459 MONTHLY COyCEllT. 
 
 S 58 Sahbath-school Union Hymn. ^» "^ 
 
 I 13 E the little ones instructed, 
 
 O Taught the knowledge o( the L* rf d 
 To the school— to church conducted ; 
 Christ invites them in his word. 
 
 '^ Brethren, sisters ! fond o4' guiding 
 Y'outhful feet that wandering stray ; 
 In your Saviour's help confiding, 
 Lead them on in wisdom's way. 
 
 3 Still the Lord, by invitation, 
 
 Welconios children to his arms ; 
 
 Boundless is the Lord's compaR"*aion, 
 
 Sweet the voice of Jesus cnarms. 
 
 4 Hear us, Saviour ! now imploring 
 
 For the children of our care ; 
 
 May their nearts, by love adoring, 
 
 1 ind access to thee in prayer. 
 
 B Lord of teachers ! blessed Jesus, 
 As thou wert, make us to be ; 
 Then what pleaseth the(? vvilj please m- 
 We shall then resemble thee. 
 
 159 Teacher* ti Prayer. S. M 
 
 CONTROL my every thought ^ 
 And all my sin remove ; 
 Let every work in thee be wrought, 
 Let all be wrought in love. 
 
 I O blesa me with the mind, 
 Meek Lamb, th£»t was in ih&e. 
 4nd let my faith and seal be joiw^-^ 
 
 With perfect charit?. 
 
aiOHTHIiY CONCERT. 460, 4®» 
 
 % O may 1 'ove like tiiee ; 
 In all thy footsteps tread ; 
 Thou hatest all iniquity, 
 But nothing thou hast made. 
 
 4 O may I iearn the art, 
 With meekness to reprove ! 
 
 And hate the sin with all my hearty 
 Bdt still the sinner love. 
 
 "f f>l} Rehance on dwine Jismtanee. ^ ^'^ 
 
 5 TTEIRS ot unending life, 
 
 -O- While yet we sojourn here, 
 O let us our salvation work 
 With tremblmg and with feai. 
 
 2 God will support our hearts 
 With might before unknown ; 
 
 The work to be perform 'd is ours, 
 \. ' The strength is all Lis own. 
 
 3 'Tis he that works to will, 
 'Tis he that works to do ; 
 
 His is the power by which we acv 
 His be the glory too ! 
 
 161 The PHvate Concert. O M. 
 
 1 np*HE burden of their souls they crmg 
 L At prayer's appointed hour - 
 I'o Him whose favour is the sprmg 
 That gives the truth its power. 
 
 3 Eye meets not eye, but every heart 
 Together joins in prayer ; 
 Love binds the souls whom space wouiJ 
 pan, 
 4nd Gof* is every whera 
 
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 3 As clouds from different sources rise 
 
 Above this scene of toil, 
 And fall in blessings from the skies 
 To cheer the thirsty soil — 
 
 4 So shall their prayers together blend 
 
 Before the throne above, 
 And streams of hope and joy descenil 
 
 To crown their work oi love. 
 8 Lord ! may thy Spirit give success 
 
 To all who seek thy face ; 
 And youthful hearts be taught to hlem 
 
 The wonders of thy grace. 
 
 'SOii Christ's presence desired. C r^^ 
 
 [ T ORD, we esteem the favour great, 
 -L-/ And give the praise to thee, 
 That we can thus together meet, 
 And none to make us flee. 
 8 But hours like this will barren prov^ 
 Unless we see thy face ; 
 Come then, O Saviour, from above, 
 And consecrate this place. 
 
 3 O let the visits of thy love 
 
 The purest joys impart ! 
 Let all our deadness now remove 
 And -zeal till every heart. 
 
 4 Zeal to confess thy glorious name. 
 
 In spite of earth and hell, 
 Thy loving kindness to proclaim, 
 And all thy goodness tell. 
 6 Lord, let thy people's light so s!hi»« 
 That all the world may see, 
 A nd own its origin divine. 
 And give the praise to ihm. 
 3t4 
 
MOWTHLT CONCERT. 'I^G3, t^4 
 
 Irllo Progress of the Gospel. ' ^• 
 
 I IT 7 HEN the glorious work beguu 
 \^' Small and feeble was us day ; 
 N ./w the word doth swiftly run, 
 Now it wins its widening way. 
 % More and more it spreads and grows ; 
 Strong and mighty to prevail ; 
 Sm 9 strong- hold it now o'erthrows, 
 Shakes the trembhng gates of helL 
 
 f.l>4 Christ interceding. CM 
 
 ( r\ THOU that plead' 8L with pitying lo-ve— 
 \J How large that love and free, 
 When sad and wounded here we prove, 
 There's rest alone in thee. 
 I Poor wanderers tired, bereft of all, 
 To sm and bondage sold ; 
 We strive, till freed from Satan's thrali. 
 We're brought to Jesus' fold. 
 i With fervour at the sinner's heart 
 Thou plead'st to enter m ; 
 And there the kindly balm imparl 
 That heals the wounds of sin, 
 i " Open, my sister, to thy spouse, 
 My love is ever true ; 
 My head with drops of midnight fLowa 
 My locks are filled with dew." 
 
 5 Who shall not, Lord, with love adoft 
 
 When thus Jehovah pleads ; 
 What bosorn will refuse the door, 
 When Jesus intercedes ? 
 
 6 Enter this heart, ray Saviour, God, 
 
 Subdue to thee this breast , 
 Shed thy renewing grace abroad, 
 And be my constant guesi. 
 
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 4^5 Sowing- the Ssed. ^' ^^ 
 
 I ^O W in the morn ihy seed, 
 O At eve hoid not thy hand : 
 To doubt and fear give thou no heed, 
 Broad-cast it round the land. 
 S Beside all waters soW; 
 
 The highway furrows stock, 
 Drop it where thorns and thistles grow, 
 Scatter it on the rock. 
 8 The good, the fruitful ground, 
 Expect nat here nor there , 
 O'er hill and dale by spots 'tis found ; 
 Go forth then everywhere. 
 
 4 Thou knoweat not which may thrivo, 
 The late or early sown ; 
 
 Grace keeps the precious germ aiive, 
 "When and wherever strown. 
 
 5 And duly shall appear, 
 
 In verdure, beauty, strength, 
 The tender blade, the stalk, the ear, 
 And the full corn at length. 
 S Thou canst not toil in vain : 
 Cold, heat, and moist, and dry, 
 Shall foster and mature the grain. 
 For garners in the sky. 
 t Then when the glorious end. 
 The day of God is come, 
 I'he an^e! reapers shall descend, 
 And heaven smg ** Harvest home !" 
 
 4(10 Sahhath- school Teacher's Prayer. C fit 
 
 TEACHER divine ! we bow the knee, 
 Submissive, at thy throne ; 
 Our fervent cry we raise to thee 
 Ah ! leave us not alone 
 876 
 
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 i in vam we teach, unless thy grac© 
 Inatnici each tender heart ; 
 Then deign to heai; hide not thy face, 
 Thy Spirit, Lord impart. 
 B Without thee we can nothing do, 
 But further from thee stray ; 
 Oh ! change our hearts, our minds renew 
 And teach us ho\\ to pray. 
 
 4 And may the sacred tie of love 
 
 Bind us together here ; 
 A foretaste give of joys above, 
 Life's pilgrimage to cheer. 
 
 5 Thus while on earth, we would adore ; 
 
 When death shall close our eyes, 
 May teachers, children, meet once more, 
 Transplanted to the skies. 
 
 ^^ d Loving 'kindness. L» ^ 
 
 ^ /I WAKE, my soul, in joyful lays, 
 -Ol And sing thy great Redeemer' s prai&6 ; 
 He justly claims a song from ihee,— 
 His loving- kindness, how free ! 
 
 % He saw me ruined in the fall, 
 Yet loved me notwithstanding all, 
 He saved me from my lost estate, — 
 His loving- kindness, O how great ! 
 
 B Though numerous hosts of mighty foes, 
 Though earth and hell my way oppose, 
 He safely leads my soul along, — 
 His loving-kindness, O how strong ! 
 
 4 When trouble, like a gloomy cloud, 
 Has gathered thick, and thundered lou<^, 
 He near my soul has always stood, — 
 His V>ving-kinilness, O how good ! 
 
■> Often ] teei my sinful heart 
 
 Prone from my Saviour to depart, 
 But though 1 oft have him forgot, 
 ills loving-kindness changes not. 
 
 6 Soon shall I pass the gloomy vale, 
 Soon all my mortal powers must fail ; 
 O ! may my last expiring breath 
 His loving- kindness sing in death, 
 
 I t>S Tke g-reat Teacher. '^*B 
 
 CHRIST was teaching all the day 
 Where the throng of hearers met : 
 And at night retired to pray 
 In the mount of Olivet. 
 i He on no soft couch reposed 
 
 Through the customed hours of sleep; 
 But when others' eyes were closed, 
 He awoke to pray and weep. 
 
 3 All the labours we have shared, 
 
 O how poor, and little worth. 
 When with those, so great, compared, 
 Of our Saviour upon earth ! 
 
 4 O may gratitude inspire, 
 
 Him to follow now above ; 
 Then our hearts will never tire 
 In these humble deeds of love. 
 
 869 Heaven desirable. 13 'b. 
 
 i T WOULD not live alway: I ask not tc 
 i- stay 
 
 Where storm after stoim rises dark o'er the. 
 
 way; 
 The few lurid mornings that dawn on m 
 
 here 
 Are enough for life's woes, %11 enough ioi 
 its cheer. 
 87SI 
 
MOIffTaLT CONCERT. 61^^ 
 
 J I would not live alway, thus fettered by sm 
 Temptation without, and corruption -within 
 E'en the rapture of pardon is mingled witl 
 
 fears. 
 And the cup of thanksgiving with peniten' 
 tears. 
 
 [ would not live alway ; no* -welcome th* 
 
 tomb ; 
 Since Jesus hath lain there, I dreaci noi it« 
 
 gloom : 
 There, sweet be my rest, till he bid me arise 
 To hail him in triumph descending the skies 
 
 i Who, who would live alway away from his 
 
 God; 
 Away from yon heaven, that blissful abode , 
 Where the rivers of pleasure flow o'er the 
 
 bright plains, 
 And the noontide of glory eternally reigns -. 
 
 8 Where the saints of all ages in harmony 
 
 meet. 
 The Saviour and brethren transported i»; 
 
 greet ; 
 While the anthems of rapture unceasingly 
 
 roll, 
 And the smile of the Lord is the feast of th< 
 
 soul ! 
 
 ^«0 Teachers* social Pray er-meetinff, t). M 
 
 I /^ OME 1 let us join our notes of praise, 
 v^' With all the heavenly throng ; 
 ^jct harmony our voices raise, 
 And love employ our song. 
 
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 § Like Jesus let us strive to be, 
 In temper and in mind ; 
 Forgiving, humble, meeK and free. 
 Benevolent and kind. 
 
 < Lord ! let no strife our union spoil. 
 But love and friendship thrive. 
 Supply our souls with holy oil, 
 To keep the flame aUve. 
 
 ' And when at length our weary feet 
 This vale of tears have trod ; 
 May children and their teachers meet 
 Around the throne of God. 
 
 171 The Light of Zion. G. M 
 
 5 TTAIL, highly favoured of the skies 
 
 -O. Awake to joys divine ; 
 
 Spring from the dust, transported rise. 
 In robes of splendour shine. 
 
 J Before thy rising morn are driven 
 The shades of midnight gloom : 
 Bursting in brilliant rays from heaven, 
 Thy glorious light is come. 
 
 I T* illume thy throne, thy fame to spread 
 Thy Lord his love d^plays. 
 And pours his wonders round diy head 
 In everlasting blaze. 
 
 ' Earth's proudest mo-iarchs, at command, 
 Wi:hin thy courts await ; 
 And millions, flown from every land. 
 Swarm round thy golden igate. 
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MOWTHLT C3NCEET. 4T55, II'S 
 
 4 From realm to realm thy wondrous light 
 Extends its dazzling sway, 
 And banishes earth's gloomy night 
 With heaven's reflected day. 
 
 t72 Responsibility. S. Ml 
 
 A CHARGE to keep 1 have, 
 A God to glorify ; 
 A never-dying soul to save, 
 And fit it for the sky. 
 2 To serve the present age, 
 My calling to fulfil ; 
 O may it all my powers engage, 
 To do my Master's will. 
 i Arm me with jealous care, 
 As in thy sight to live ; 
 And O thy servant, Lord, prepare, 
 A strict account to give. 
 4 Help me to watch and pray, 
 And on thyself rely, 
 Assured, if I my trust betray ; 
 I shall for ever die. 
 
 473 Teachers* Prayer. L. M 
 
 I ]\ /T AY we who teach the rising race 
 
 iVx Be filled, O Lord, with every grace 
 
 And may thy Spirit from above 
 
 Descend and bless our work of love. 
 I Thv grace to those we teach impart, 
 
 Lord, renew each youthful heart; 
 
 Help them from every sin to flee. 
 
 And dedicate their lives to thee. 
 ? May we in love to them abound, 
 
 And zealous in the work be found | 
 
 And many seals may we obtain. 
 
 To strove our labour's not in vain. 
 
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174, fT5 MONTHLT COWCEBT. 
 
 i When at thine awful bar they stAnd, 
 O welcome them to thy right hand, 
 To jom with us the heavenly lays, 
 And sing our great Redeemer's praise. 
 
 474r Teachers* Meeting. L. M. 
 
 * TNDULGENT God of love and powe.-, 
 
 X Be with us at this solemn hour ! 
 
 Smile on our souls ; our plans approve 
 
 By which we seek to spread thy love. 
 i Let each discordant thought be gone. 
 
 And love unite our hearts in one , 
 
 Let all we have and are combine 
 
 To forward objects so divine* 
 
 1T5 Pleasure of Teaching* 'v. M. 
 
 i "DLEST is the man whose heart e jandi 
 O At melting pity's call, 
 And the rich blessings of whose banc . 
 Like heavenly manna, fall. 
 
 2 Mercy, descending from above, 
 
 In softest accents pleads ; 
 O may each tender bosom move, 
 When mercy intercedes. 
 
 3 Be ours the bliss in wisdom's way 
 
 To guide untutored youth, 
 A nd lead the mind that went astray 
 
 To piety and truth. 
 Children our kind piotection claim, 
 
 And God will well approve, 
 When infants learn to lisp his name 
 
 And their Creator love. 
 5 Dehghtful work ! young souls tc ^s 
 
 And turn the rising race 
 From the deceitful paths of sin, 
 
 To seek redeeming grace. 
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i 
 
 MosTHi^ cor<rr?iE"r tTS, 4f7 
 6 Almighty God ! thy influence «>hed 
 To aid this good design : 
 Th? honours of thy name be spread, 
 And let the praise be thine. 
 
 176 Social Worship. P. M 
 
 1 Xl THERE two or three together raeet. 
 
 V V My love and mercy to repeat- 
 
 And tell what I have done, 
 There will I be (saith God) to bless. 
 And every burdened soul redress, 
 
 Who worships at my throne. 
 
 2 Make one in this assembly, Lord, 
 Speak to each hear some cheering word, 
 
 To set the spirit free ; 
 Impart the Spirit's gracious power, 
 And grant that we may spend an hour 
 
 In fellowship with thee. 
 
 477 Prayer for Children. L- M 
 
 i 1^ LORD! encouraged by thy grace, 
 v^ We bring these children to thy throne 
 Give them with thee a heavenly place, 
 Let them be thine, and thine alone. 
 
 2 Reniove from them each stain of guilt, 
 
 And let them all be sanctified ; 
 Lord ! thou canst cleanse them if 'hou wi2 
 And all their native evils hide. 
 
 3 We ask not foi them earthly blias. 
 
 Or earthly honours, wealth or fame ; 
 The sum oi our deshes is this, 
 That they mav love and fear thy namn 
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*T8, 4T9 MOKTHLT CO^rCERT. 
 
 178 Death of a Teacher. B. M 
 
 i 117EEP, little children, weep, 
 V V A teacher gone before : 
 For those that loved to see his face 
 Shall see his face no more. 
 2 Yet all wh )m once he taught 
 To sit at Jesus' feet, 
 And seek the blessedness he sought, 
 May him in glory meet. 
 ^ Grieve, brother teachers ! grieve ; 
 With you he bore the cross ; 
 And gladly, for a crown of life, 
 Accounted all things loss. 
 1 His eye, his voice, his hand 
 Still marshal you along ; 
 A fearless ; firm, united band — 
 Quit you like men—- be strong. 
 5 Strong in the Lord was he, 
 And valiant for the truth ; 
 Go, train your little ones to be 
 Christ's soldiers from their youth. 
 
 ^179 Farewell to a Teacher. L. M 
 
 1 T^EAR partnei* of our hopes and fears,, 
 i.--" And wilt thou Here no longer dwell 
 To share our toils, and joys, and tears ? 
 
 And must wo bid a sad farewell 1 
 
 2 Ves^ thou must fill thy future lot. 
 
 Far from thy fond and cherished frienda . 
 But not to be by us forgot 
 While life its beating pulses spends. 
 I We'll think of thee amid the scene 
 Of each returning Sabbath day ; 
 A nd nowhere else with grief so keen, 
 Will mourn that thou art far away. 
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CHRISTIAIf LIFK. 48€» 
 
 4 We'll think of thee whenever we meet, 
 Our weekly lessons to prepare ; 
 Nor deem our social band complete, 
 Whilst thou, dear friend, art wOiatsng 
 there. 
 
 I We'll think of thee around the board 
 That speaks a dying Saviour's love ; 
 And trust our joy will be restored 
 In endless fellowship above. 
 
 i,ord, let thy care kis tbotsteps guard, 
 Thy choicest blessings fill his heart 
 
 And crown hirn with thy rich reward, 
 Where Christian friends no more shall 
 part. 
 
 i 
 
 CHRISTIAN LIFE AND EXPERIENCE. 
 
 480 Idols, S. M 
 
 i \ H ! whither should I go, 
 
 ^JL. Curcisncd, and sick, and Mint 
 To whom siToald I my troubles show, 
 And pour out my complaint 1 
 
 < My Saviour bids me come: 
 Ah ! why do I delay? 
 He calls the weary sinner home, 
 And yet from him I stay ! 
 
 % What is it keeps me back, 
 From which I cannot part ] 
 Which will not let the Savijur lake 
 Possession of my heart ? 
 
*81, 4S'Z CHRISTIAN LIFl 
 
 4 Some cursed thing unknown 
 Must surely lurk within , 
 Some idol which I will not own, 
 Some secret bosom-sin. 
 & Jesus ! the hindrance show, 
 Which 1 have feared to see ; 
 And let me now consent lo know 
 What keeps me back from thee. 
 6 Searcher of hearts, in mine 
 Thy trying power display ; 
 Into its darkest corners ahine, 
 And take the veil away. 
 48 1 Christ the Physician. L» M 
 
 1 TESUS, the sinner's friend, to thee, 
 *^ Lost and undone, for aid i tlee ; 
 Weary of earth, myself, and sin ; 
 Open thine arms, and t&ke me in 
 
 2 Pity and heal my sin-sick soul ; 
 
 'Tis thou alone canst make me v/ho*« ; 
 Dark, till in me thine image shine, 
 And lost 1 am till thou art mine. 
 
 3 The mansion for thyself prepare, 
 Dispose my heart by enterijig there ; 
 'Tis this alone can make me clean ; 
 'Tis this alone can cast out sin. 
 
 i What shall I say thy grace to move f 
 Lord, I am sin, but thou art luve ; 
 1 give up every plea beside, — 
 Lord, I am lost, but thou hast died. 
 
 IS^ Ood our Portion. C M. 
 
 I ''piIOU art my portion, O my God, 
 1. Soon as I know thy way, 
 My heart makes haste to obe? lh| wmi 
 And BufFca no delay, 
 986 
 
AHB EXPERIEHCl. ^^^ 
 
 2 I choo8« the path of heavenly truth, 
 And glory in my choK-e ; 
 Nn all the riches of the earth 
 Could make me so rejoice. 
 5 The testimonies of thy grace 
 I set before mine eves ; 
 Thence I derive my daily strength, 
 A]id there my comfort lies. 
 
 4 if once 1 wander from thy path, 
 
 I think upon my ways ; 
 Then turn rny feet to thy commands, 
 And trust thy pardoning grace. 
 
 5 Novk^ I am thine, for ever thine, 
 
 save thy servant", Lord ! 
 Thou art my shield, my hiding-placQ, 
 My hope is in thy word. 
 
 6 rhou hast inclined this heart of mine 
 
 Thy statutes to fuiiil ; 
 And thus till mortal life shall qtiq 
 Would I perform thy will. 
 
 ^ o «S Uncertainty. 
 
 \ ''^"^IS a point I long to knov/, 
 jL Oft it causes aiLsious thought 
 Do I love the Lord, or no ? 
 Am 1 his, or am I not ? 
 2 Could my heart so hard remain, 
 Prayer a task and burden prove. 
 Every trifle give me pain, 
 If i knew a Saviour's love t 
 I When I turn my eyes within, 
 All is dark, and vain, and wild, 
 filled with unbelief and ain, 
 Can 1 deem myself a child ? 
 
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*»4, 485 CHBISTIAH ITFB 
 
 % Lord, decide the doubtful caae, 
 Thou who art thy people's sub ; 
 Shine upon thy work of grace, 
 If it be indeed begun. 
 5 Let me love thee more and more 
 If I love at all, I pray ; 
 !f I have not bved before. 
 Help me to begin to-day. 
 
 m4: TrmZeal. C M 
 
 '■ *"/£ \L is that pure and hoavenl}' [kin& 
 
 /-i The fire of love supplies; 
 
 While that which often bears the naom 
 Is self in a disguise. 
 
 2 True zeal is merciful and mild, 
 
 Can pity and forbear ; 
 The false is headstrong, fierce, and wild, 
 And breathes revenge and war. 
 
 3 Self may its poor reward obtain, 
 
 And be applauded here ; 
 But zeal the best applause will gain., 
 When Jesus shall appear. 
 
 4 O Lord, the idol self dethrone, 
 
 And from our hearts remove ; 
 And let no zeal by us be shown. 
 But that which springs from love. 
 
 485 Lord, search met L. !^1 
 
 i ^"^ OD, from his high and lofty throne, 
 O" Stoops to behold all earthly things ; 
 To him the minds of all are known, 
 From meanest slaves to mightiest kings. 
 2 Does pride, or love of man's applause, 
 Usurp dominion o'er my heart If 
 Or does the love of Jesus' cause, 
 \iii sacred energy impart ? 
 %8A 
 
S While 1 address the young — •" tie wise, 
 O fly to Jesus and his cross !" 
 Do I ail earthly things despise, 
 And count them but as duBt artd droea 5 
 4 Lord, search my motiv^a, try my heart. 
 And show me every secret sin ; 
 That I may ne'er from thee depan, 
 And thou may 'st always rule wiihiii 
 
 4S& The Resolution. C. M 
 
 "11.7ITNESS, ye men and angek, nuy^ 
 VV Before the Lord we epeak . 
 To him we make our Boiemn vow, 
 A vow we dare not break : 
 
 2 I'hat, long as life itself shall iust, 
 
 Ourselvea to Christ we yield ; 
 Nor from his cause will we depart, 
 Or ever quit the field. 
 
 3 We trust not in om native strength, 
 
 But on his grace rely, 
 That, with returning wants, the Lord 
 Will all our need supply. 
 
 4 Lo^d, guide our doubtful feet irighi. 
 
 And keep us in thy ways ; 
 And while we turn our vows to pravsr^s 
 Turn thou our prayers to praii^ 
 
 487 Vain Boasting. ^ ^ 
 
 i T>EWARE of Peter's word, 
 
 -O Nor confidently say, 
 1 never will deny the Lord, 
 
 But grant I never may. 
 
 5 Man's wisdom is to seek 
 Hie stren^^h in God slona, 
 
 h.nd e'en an an^ei would be weak, 
 Who trufited m his own- 
 
 T . ^ 
 
B Retreat beneath his wings, 
 And in his grace confide ; 
 This more exalts the King of kings 
 Than ail his works beside. 
 4 In Jesus is our store ; 
 
 Grace issues from his throne ; 
 Whoever says, ** I wj\nt no more," 
 Confesses he has none. 
 
 1 88 The Surrender. 8, 7, 4. 
 
 ( 'll/'ELGOME, welcome, dear Redeetpe 
 V \ Welcome to this heart of mine : 
 L ord, I mak^ a full surrender, 
 Every power and thought be thine ; 
 
 Thine entirely, 
 Through eternal ages thine. 
 I Known to hU to be thy mansion, 
 Earth ari hell will disappear; 
 Or in vain, attempt nossession, 
 When tSey find ine Lord is near 
 
 Sb'>ut, Zion ! 
 Shout, ye saints, the Lord is here ! 
 1:89 Communion with God. L M. 
 
 I ]\/FY God, permit me not to be 
 1^1. A otranger to myself and thee ; 
 Amid a thousand thoughts I rove, 
 Forgetful of my highest lovo. 
 3 Why should my passions mix with eusih 
 And thus debase my heavenly birth f 
 Why should I cleave to things below, 
 And lei my God, my Saviour, go f 
 3 Call me away from flesh and sense , 
 One Bov'ireign word can draw me theaca » 
 4 would )bey the voice divine, 
 K.nd all ifcrior joys reeisTn- 
 
ANB EXPEBIENCB. 490, 191 
 
 4 Be earth, with all her scenes, withdrawn , 
 Let noise and vanity be gone ; 
 
 In secret silence of the mind, 
 My heaven, and there my God, I find. * 
 too IrrDportance of Time. 8, 8, *6 
 
 1 T O ! on a narrow neck af land, 
 
 1^ 'Twixt two unbounded seas I stand 
 
 Yet how insensible ! 
 Al point of time, a moment's space, 
 Removes me to that heavenly place, 
 
 Or shuts me up in hell ! 
 
 2 O God ! my inmost soul convert. 
 And deeply on my thoughtful heart 
 
 Eternal things impress ; 
 Give me to feel their solemn weight 
 And save me ere it be too late, 
 
 By thy almighty grace. 
 
 5 Before me place, in bright array. 
 The pomp of that tremendous day, 
 
 When thou in clouds shalt come 
 To judge the nations at thy bar : 
 O tell me, Lord, shall I be there. 
 
 To meet a joyful doom ! 
 4 Be this my one great business here, 
 With holv joy and holy fear. 
 
 To make my calling sure ; 
 Assist, O Lora, a feeble worm, 
 Then shall I all thy will perform, 
 
 And to the end endure. 
 
 491 Hindermenot. O. M 
 
 IN all my Lord's appomted ways. 
 My journey FH pursue; 
 Hinder me not, ye much loved staintsi. 
 For I muai go with you. 
 
ii32, 4^93 rHRISTIAN LIF» 
 
 i Through floods and i^anies, if Jesus ks^ 
 I'ii follow where he goes ; 
 Hinder me not, shall be my cry. 
 Though earth and hell oppose. 
 i Through duty and through trials too^ 
 I'll go at his command : 
 Hinder me not, for I am bound 
 To my Immanuel's land. 
 t And when my Saviour calls me home, 
 Still this my cry shall be, 
 Hinder me not, come, welcome death, 
 I'll gladly go with thee. 
 
 ■1.92 Orace. O. M. 
 
 1 A MAZING grace ! how aweet the 80urd 
 -TI. That saved a wretch like me ! 
 1 once was lost, but now am found, 
 Was bhnd, but now I see. 
 t 'Twas grace that taught my heart to feel, 
 And grace my fears reheved ; 
 How precious did that grace appear 
 The hour I first believed. 
 I Through many dangers, toils, and snaree 
 I have already come : 
 'Tis grace that brought me safe thus far, 
 And grace will lead me home. 
 I And when this flesh and heart shall fail, 
 And mortal life shall cease, 
 I shall possess, within the veil, 
 A life of joy and peace. 
 
 i0O Pressing- onwards, C M 
 
 AWAKE, my soul ! stretch every nerve 
 And press with vigour on ; 
 h heavenly race demands thy sea^l 
 And an immortal crown, 
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S A cload of witnesses around 
 Hold thee in full survey ; 
 Forget the steps already trod, 
 And onward urge thy way. 
 i 'Tis God's all- animating voice 
 That calls thee from on high ; 
 'Tis his own hand nresents tne prize 
 To thine aspiring eye. 
 
 ^94 Eternal Life. ^ ^ 
 
 1 T LIVE to die, I die to live, 
 
 X And live, no more to die again ; 
 In death I shall a life receive. 
 In worlds remote from death and pain. 
 
 2 This life I owe to Him who died, 
 
 And rose, and reigns in yonder skies ; 
 I triumph through the Crucified, 
 And dead with Christ, with Christ sh^aD 
 rise. 
 
 3 His wondrous death my life ensures. 
 
 His wondrous rising death destroys 
 While Jesus lives, my life endures. 
 That life the measure of my joys. 
 
 4 Then let me live, and let me die. 
 
 To Him who hved and died for me ; 
 That I may rise with Him or high, 
 To life and immortality. 
 
 195 Rock of Ages. '' ^ 
 
 1 Ty UCK of Ages ! cleft for me, 
 
 XV Let me hide myself in thee ; 
 
 Let the water and the blood, 
 
 From thy side, a healing flood, 
 
 Be of sin ':he do?ible cure, 
 
 Sav3 from wrath and oake me pure. 
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 « Should rrv tears for ever flow, 
 Should my zeal no languor know, 
 This for sin could not atone, 
 'T'hou must save, and thou alone ; 
 In my hand no price I bring, 
 Simply to thy cross I chng. 
 
 ^ While I draw this fleeting breath, 
 When mine eyelids close in deatn, 
 When I rise to worlds unknown, 
 And behold thee on thy throne, 
 Rock of Ages ! cleft for me, 
 Let me hide myself in thee ! 
 
 496 Christian Warfare. S- M 
 
 I O OLDIERS of Christ, arise, 
 O And put your armour on. 
 Strong in the strength which God s 4ppii8S. 
 Through his eternal Son ; 
 I Strong in the Lord of Hosts, 
 And in his mighty power, 
 Who in the strength of Jesus trusts, 
 Is more than conqueror. 
 § Stand then in his great might, 
 With ali his strength endued ; 
 But take, to arm you for the fight, 
 The panoply of God ; 
 That having all things done. 
 And all your conflicts past. 
 Ye may o'ercome through Christ aiojse. 
 And stand entire at last, 
 5 Stand, then, against your foes 
 In close and firm array. 
 Legions of enemies oppose 
 Throughout the evil daf i 
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6 But meet the sons ot night, 
 And mock their vain design, 
 
 Armed in the arms of heavenly light, 
 Of righteousness divine. 
 
 7 Leave no unguarded place, 
 No weakness of the soul ; 
 
 Take every virtue, every grace, 
 And fortify the whole : 
 
 8 Indissolubly joinec. 
 To battle all proceed ; 
 
 But arm yourselves with all the minJ 
 That was in Christ your Head. 
 
 IHT Ccmmunionwith Ood. L. M, 
 
 i T^AR frommyilioxtghis, vain world, begone. 
 -C Let my religious hours alune : 
 From flesh and sense I would be free, 
 And hold communion, Lord, with the-e 
 
 2 My heart grows warm with holy fire, 
 And kindles with a pure desire, 
 To see thy grace, to taste thy love, 
 And feel thine influence from above. ^ 
 
 B When I can say that God is mine. 
 When I can see thy glories shine, 
 rU tread the world beneath my feet, 
 And all that men call rich and great. 
 
 4 Send comfort down from thy right han<i. 
 To cheer me in this barren land ; 
 And in thy temple let me know 
 The joys that from thy presence flow 
 
 198 Christ the Rock. C M 
 
 1 TN every care that dims the mind, 
 
 L When dark temptations press. 
 
 Let me with Christ a shelter (ind, 
 
 My Rock, my Righteoupness. 
 
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 § If man conspire my hopes to biait. 
 Or sickness come, or pain ; 
 And peace and joy have quickly past. 
 And fail to cheer again: 
 ? Then, Lord, amidst the darkest night, 
 And through the stormiest day, 
 Be thou for ever in my sight , 
 M.y Rock ! my Hope, my Stay ! 
 
 199 Wheat and Tares. L M 
 
 THOUGH in the earthly church below 
 The wheat and tares together grow ; 
 
 Jesus ere long will weed the crop, 
 
 And pluck the tares in anger up. 
 i Will it relieve their horrors there, 
 
 To rei-ollect their stations here ; 
 
 How much they heard, howmuch they knew 
 
 How long among the wheat they grew ? 
 3 Oh ! thils will aggravate their case ! 
 
 They perished under means of grace ; 
 
 To them the word, of life and faith 
 ' Became an instrument of death. 
 I We seem aUke when thus we meet, — 
 
 Strangers might think we all were wheat 
 
 But to the Lord's alj-searching eyes, 
 
 Each heart appears without disguise. 
 5 The tares are spared for various ends, 
 
 Some for the sake of praying friends; 
 
 Others, the Lord, against their will, 
 
 Kmploys his counsel to fulfil. 
 5 But though they grow so tall and strong 
 
 His plan will not require them long ; 
 
 [n harvest, when he saves his own, 
 
 The tares shall bto hell be thrown 
 
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5^00 Conjidenee in God. C M 
 
 1 \ irHlLE thee I eieek, protecting Power * 
 VV Be my vain wishes stilled ; 
 
 And may this consecrated hour 
 With better hopes be filled. 
 
 2 7'hy love the power of thought bestowed 
 
 To thee my thovighit^ would soar t 
 TW merc> o'er my lifo haa flowed i 
 That mercy I adore. 
 
 3 In each event of hia, how clear 
 
 Thy ruling hand I «ec ' 
 Each blea&ing to my houI lucst dear, 
 Because conferred by thee. 
 
 4 In every joy that crowns my days, 
 
 In every pain I bear, 
 My heart shal) find delight in praise, 
 
 Or seek relief in prayer. 
 & When gladness wings my favoured hour, 
 
 Thy love my thoughts shall fill ; 
 Resigned, when storms of sorrow lower, 
 
 My soul shall meet thy will. 
 6 My lifted eye, without a tear, 
 
 The gathering storm shall see ; 
 My steadfast heart shall know no fear ; 
 
 That heart will rest on thee. 
 
 5? 01 Sabhath Evening Song. L. M 
 
 1 iVTILLIONS within thy courts have met 
 iVJ. "Millions this day before thee bowed : 
 Their faces Zion-ward were set, 
 
 Vows with their lips to thee they vowed : 
 
 2 But thou, soul-searching God! hast known 
 Tiie hearts of all that bent the knee. 
 
 And hast accepted those alone 
 
 In so'jit that ha^-e worshipped thee. 
 
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 3 And not & prayer, a tear, a sigh. 
 Hath tailed to-day some suit to gain 
 To those in trouble thou wert nigh, 
 Not one hath sought thy face in vai:i. 
 
 4 Yet one prayer more ; — and be it one 
 In which both heaven and earth accord. 
 Fulfil thy promise to thy Son, 
 
 Let ail that breathe call Jesus, Lord. 
 
 SOU The Redeemed in Heaven. CM, 
 
 I I3RAISE to the Lord, for they are past, 
 X They are gone safe before ; 
 They've borne the wildest tempest blaet, 
 And heard the last storm's roar. 
 ^ Mourners they were— they weep not now ; 
 Sick— now they know not pain ; 
 And glory shines On every brow 
 Of that once feeble train. 
 3 O! blest, and beautiful, and bright, 
 How fair thoir v/hite robes ff learn ; 
 O ! to behold the glorious sight 
 With not a veil between. 
 I Yet once, like us, with treiribHnj,^ fear, 
 Their unknown path thej^ viev/cd ; 
 Now, God hiis wiped aw&y each '.oar 
 From aH that mvltitudc. 
 8 Shout ! they have gained their rest ai last, 
 The port where they would be ; 
 Through adverse gales and tempes-t'e bins' 
 Their followers still are we. 
 
 503 Wfilconu to Death. • 0, ^1 
 
 I TT7ELC0ME the sweet, the sacred nour- 
 VV Ye moments swiftly roll, 
 When earth shall yield her boasted powe; 
 To bind my parting soul 
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A.WD ftXfCBIRHCV. *0» 
 
 £ Welcome the pang that calls me aome 
 To scenes of long-sought rest ; 
 Welcome the voice that whispers, *' Comi 
 To Jesus' pitying breast." 
 
 3 There grief her murmurs shall forego, 
 And sin its power resign ; 
 Pur^ joy and love unruffled flow, 
 And God be ever mine. 
 
 ^ O could I now those joys foresee 
 That soon shall be mv own ; 
 When, freed from sin, from sorrow fre«, 
 I'm filled with God alone ; 
 
 6 Death's lonely vale should echo wide 
 With songs of sin forgiven ; 
 I'ill, wafted o'er by Jordan's tide, 
 I join the notes of heaven. 
 
 **>(^4 Call from the Heathen. 8, 7 
 
 1 IITAFTED o'er the breast of ocean, 
 V V Hark ! a voice attracts the ear ; 
 
 Hushed be every rude commotion ; 
 Soft and low it murmurs near — 
 '* Lo, we perish ! ve can save, 
 F earless venture o er the wave." 
 
 2 Yea, ye heard it, sainted spirits, 
 
 Thron'd in radiance ever bright, 
 Where, exalted, each inherits 
 
 Glory in yon world of light ; 
 Heard it, and obeyed the call , 
 '^»f^rved vour God and left your all. 
 
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 3 And ye hear it, ye who hasten 
 In the path bv martyrs trod 
 Human suffering to lessen, 
 
 Souls immortal bring to God : 
 Followers oi your gracious Lord, 
 Mercy will your names record. 
 i Who hears not the invitation, 
 
 " Come and lie Ip," from many a land 9 
 *Vho would not proclaim salvation, 
 
 Fearless, at his Lord's command; 
 Making glad the wilderness 
 With his niessages of peace ? 
 i Praise and blessing never ending, 
 Jesus to thy name be given : 
 Thou didst once, for man descending, 
 Leave the highest throne of heaven: 
 Souls by thee redeemed shall swell 
 Songs of love unspeakable. 
 505 Religion. I*. M. 
 
 I /^ COME, thou great and gracious Power. 
 \-J Accept a home within my breast ; 
 My spirit cheer in every hour, 
 In every season give me rest. 
 ? O teach me well to know my heart, 
 My folly and my sin to see ; 
 On earth to bear a lowly part, 
 And give myself and all to thee. 
 i Teach me to trust a Saviour's name. 
 To feel a Saviour's dying love ; 
 To be redeemed — be that my fame, — 
 My honours let me seek above. 
 i When pleasure cheers and friendship smiles. 
 And smoothly sweeps my bark along, 
 Then save me from the tempter's wiles, 
 Be thou my joy, be thou my song. 
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HHD EXPfiRIEKCK. SOl} 
 
 5 Ana when affliction's gloomy power 
 Shall shroud my soul m sad dismay ; 
 Rise thou, a star to cheer that hour, 
 And lead me through the darkened wai'. 
 5 Yea, at the last, when ghastly death 
 
 This life's short brittle thread shall bre^k 
 Do thou attend my latest breath, 
 Thy Spirit clothe me when I wake. 
 7 And when around the judgment throne 
 The myriads of the eartn shall meet, 
 O wjlt thou then my spirit e^n, 
 And fill me with thy bliss complete ! 
 
 ^06 Heaven in Prospect, *i ' 
 
 1 'pALMS of glory, raiment bright, 
 -IT Crowns that never fade away, 
 Gird and deck the saints in light. 
 
 Priests and kings and conquerors they 
 
 2 Yet the conquerors hnim their palms 
 
 To the Lamb amidst tne throne, 
 And proclaim in joyful psalms. 
 Victory through nis cross alone. 
 I Kings for harps their crowns resign, 
 Crying, asihey strike the chords, 
 *' Take the kingdom — it is thine, 
 King of kings, and Lord of lords I'' 
 { Round the altar, pnests confess, 
 If their robes are white as snow, 
 'Twas the Saviour's righteousness^ 
 And his blood that made them so. 
 5 Who are these I — on earth they dwelt 
 dinners once of Adam's race ; 
 Built and fear and suffering felt, 
 But were saved b? Bovereii?ri grrac© 
 
5^^*^ CHRISTIAN LFFS. 
 
 6 They were mortal, too, like us ; 
 
 Ah ! when we, like them, shall die, 
 May our souls, translated thus, 
 Triumph, reign, and shine on high ! 
 
 507 The Teacher in view of Death. 8*« 
 
 TO Jesus, the crown of my hope, 
 My soul is in haste to be gone ; 
 Oh bear me, ye cherubim, up, 
 And waft me away to his throne. 
 3 My Saviour, whom absent Hove, 
 Whom not having seen, I adore, 
 Whose name is exalted above 
 Ail glory, dominion, and power ; 
 3 Dissolve thou the bands that detain 
 My soul from her portion in thee 
 O strike off the adamant chain. 
 And make me eternally free. 
 i Then that happy era begins 
 
 When arrayed in thy glory I ahini? 
 4nd no longer pierce with my sinii 
 The bos«>m on which I recline. 
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DISMISSIONS. 508, 509 
 
 DISMISSION AND DOXOLOGIieS. 
 
 ^i}S S. M. 
 
 ' Tl|rE now from school depart, 
 
 tV Grace in God's house to seek; 
 Be present, Lord, with every hearty 
 There and throughout the w^ek. 
 2 May Father, Spirit, Son, 
 
 Rule us in peace and love ; 
 And when on earth thy will is done, 
 Receive our souls above 
 
 M}9 Dismission. B, 7, 4. 
 
 1 f ORD, dismiss us with thy blessing, 
 i^ Fill omr hearts with joy and peace 
 Let us each thy love possessing, 
 
 Triumph in redeeming grace ; 
 
 O refresh us, 
 Travelling through this wilderness. 
 
 2 rhanks we give, and adoration 
 
 For the gospel's joyful sound; 
 May the fruits of thy salvation 
 In our hearts and Uvea abound ; 
 
 May thy presence 
 With us evermore be found. 
 ^ So, whene'er the signal's given, 
 • Us from earth to call away ; 
 Dome on angels' wings to heaven. 
 Glad to leave our cumbrous clay- 
 May we, ready, 
 Hme and reign in endless day. 
 
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 llIO • Parting Hymn. ^» M, 
 
 I /^OME, Christian brethren, ore we pan, 
 V-^ Join every voice and every heart ; 
 One solemn hymn to God v/e raise | 
 One final song of grateful preise. 
 
 3 Teachers ! we here may meet lio rnorej 
 But there is yet a happier shore ; 
 And there, released from toil and pain, 
 Dear brethren, we shall meet again. 
 
 §il Parting'. L. M 
 
 I Tj^ATHER, once more let grateful praise 
 
 1/ And humble prayer to iTiee ascend ; 
 
 Thou Guide and Guardian of our ways, 
 
 Our first, and last, and only Friend. 
 % Since every day and hour that's gone 
 
 Has been with mercy richly crowned ; 
 
 Mercy, we know, shall still flow on, 
 
 For ever sure, as time rolls round. 
 i Hear, then, the parting prayers we pour, 
 
 And bind our hearts in love alone ; 
 
 Though we may meet on earth no more. 
 
 May we at last surround thy throne. 
 
 Sl^ Prayer at Parting. ^- ^ 
 
 DISMISS us with thy blessing, Lord. 
 Help us to feed upon thy word ; 
 All that has been amiss forgive. 
 And let thy truth within us hve. 
 % Though we are guilty, thou art good 
 Wash all our works m Jesus' blood • 
 Give every fettered ficul release 
 A.nd bid us all dcpaj t la peace 
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DOXOLOOI1S. 6 1 ^ ^ S^ 
 
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 To God the Father, God the Son, 
 And God the Spirit, Three in One, 
 Be honour, praise, and glory given, 
 By all on earth and all in heaven, 
 
 514 C. M. 
 
 Let God the Father, and the S«n 
 
 And Spirit be adored, 
 Where there are works to make him kw-'Wii 
 
 Or saints to love the Lord. 
 
 515 S. M. 
 
 Give to the Father praise, 
 Give glory to the Son, 
 And to me Spirit of his grace 
 Be equal honour done. 
 
 516 S. M. 
 
 Ye angels round the throne, 
 And saints that dwell below, 
 Worship the Father, love the Son, 
 And bless the Spirit too. 
 
 517 L. M. 
 
 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow 
 Praise him, all creatures here below ; 
 Praise him above, ye heavenly hoei, 
 Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
 .'.IS 8, 7. 
 
 1 ]\/| ■^^ ^^^ grace of Christ our Saviour, 
 iVJ. And the Father's boundless li^i^e. 
 With the Holy Spirit's favour, 
 Rest UDon us from above ; 
 
 D sag 
 
i Thus may we abide m union 
 With each other aftd the Lord ; 
 And possess, m sweet communion, 
 JovB which earth cannot afTord. 
 
 519 CM. 
 
 1 jV; O Vv to the Lamb that once was shm 
 l^ Be endless blessings paid ; 
 Salvation, glory, joy, remain 
 
 For ever on thy head. 
 
 2 Thou (last redeemed us by thy blood, 
 
 And set the prisoners free ; 
 Hast made us kings and priests to God, 
 And we shall reign witii tliee. 
 
 i /^ LORY to the Father give, 
 vJ God, in whom we move and livf 
 Children's prayers he deigns to hear, 
 Children's songs delight his ear. 
 
 2 Glory to the Son we bring. 
 Christ, our prophet, priest, and king 
 Children, raise your sweetest strain. 
 To the Lamb, for he was slain. 
 
 3 Glory to the Holy Ghost 
 Be this day a pentecost ' 
 Children's minds may he inspire, 
 Touch their tongues with holy firs 
 
 4 Glory m the highest be 
 To the blessed Trinity, 
 For the gospel from above, 
 
 For the v/ord that " God ia lofd ' 
 
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 *j|fil A poor^ wayfaring Mit, of Qritf ^« '^ ' 
 
 \ \ POOR, wayfaring man of grief 
 t\. Haih often crossed me on my way, 
 Who sued so humbly for relief, 
 
 Thai I could never answer Nay. 
 I had not power to ask his name, 
 Whither he went, or whence he came ; 
 Yet there was something in his eye 
 That won my love, I knew not why. 
 
 3 Once, when my scanty meal was spread, 
 He entered ; not a word he spako , 
 Just perishing for want of bread, 
 
 I gave him ail , he blessed it, brake, 
 Andate, but gave me part again. 
 Mine was an angel's portion then ; 
 And while I fed with eager haste. 
 The crust was manna tr my taste. 
 
 3 I spied him where a fountain burst Igor.-. 
 Clear from the rock ; his strength waj 
 The heedless water mocked his thirst ; 
 
 He heard it, saw it hurrying on. 
 I ran and raised the sufferer up ; 
 Thrice fropi the stream he drained my cup 
 Dipped, a'f?(i returned it runnmg o'er : 
 { djank, and never thirsted more. 
 
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 4 "I w&« nignt: the floods wfjre out it ble^ 
 
 A wintry hurricane aloof ; 
 I heard his voice abroad, and flew 
 
 To bid him welcome to my roof. 
 1 warmed, I clothed, I cheered my guest ; 
 Laid him on mine own couch to rest ; 
 Then made the earth my bed, and seemed 
 In Eden's garden while I dreamed. 
 
 ^ Stripped, wounded, beaten nigh to death, 
 I found him by the highway side ; 
 I roused his pulse, brought back his breath 
 
 Revived his spirit, and supplied 
 Wine, oil, refreshment ; he was healed 
 I had, myself, a wound concealed ; 
 Biit, from that hour, forgot the smart, 
 And peace bound up my broken heart, 
 
 5 In prison I saw him next, condemned 
 
 To meet a traitor's doom at morn ; 
 The tide of lying tongues I stemmed, 
 
 And honoured him 'mid shame and BCOii 
 My friendship's utmost zeal to try, 
 He affked if I for him would die ; 
 The flesh was weak, my blood ran chil'. 
 But the free spirit cried, '* I will !'* 
 
 7 Then, in a moment, to my view 
 
 The stranger started from disguise ; 
 The tokens m his hands I knew ; 
 
 My Saviour stood before my eyea ! 
 He spake, and my poor name he named 
 '* Of me thou hast not been ashamed ; 
 These deeds shall thy memorial be ; 
 Fear not ; thou didst it unto me" 
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 { /'"10ME, tnou Almighty King 
 v-/ Help us thy name to sing, 
 
 Help us to praise ! 
 Father, all glorious, 
 O'er all victorious, 
 Come and reign over us, 
 Ancient of Days. 
 
 I Jesus, our Lord, arise, 
 Scatter our enemies ; 
 
 Now n:ake them fall ! 
 Let thine almighty aid 
 Our sure defence be made, 
 Our souls on thee be stayed ; 
 Lord, hear our call ! 
 
 'i Come, thou incarnate Word 
 Gird Oil thy mighty sword ; 
 
 Our prayer attend ! 
 Come, ana thy people bless; 
 Come, give thy word success; 
 Spirit of holiness 
 
 On us descend ! 
 
 l^O Feed my Lambs. ^i "^ 
 
 " C^EED my lambs!" — 'how condescenduu: 
 
 A How compassionate the grace 
 Of the Saviour, just ascending, 
 Thus to bless our infant race ! 
 
 ^ Richest treasure, dearest token, 
 From his stores of love to give ; 
 ^ept from age to age unbrokea, 
 iVU its oounty w? receive ; 
 
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^ Who, without that word of blessinf 
 Could our dark estate have toid ? 
 Sill and wo our souls distressing, 
 Lost and wandering from his fold, 
 
 4 '* Feed my lambs !" jre pastors hear si ; 
 Feed the flock of his own hand ; 
 Oh, ibr him, for us, revere it ; 
 Keep the Shepherd's last command. 
 
 J^24 Worthy the Lamb. ^ ^ 
 
 GLORY to God on high! 
 Let heaven and earth reply, 
 *' Praise ye his name !" 
 Angels, his love adore, 
 Who all our sorrows bore ; 
 Saints, sing for evermore, 
 " Worthy the Lamb !" 
 
 I Join all the ransomed race, 
 Our Lord and God to bless ; 
 
 Praise ye his name, 
 in him we will rejoice, 
 Making a cheerful noise, 
 Shouting, with heart and voice 
 
 ** Worthy the Lamb !" 
 
 I Soon must we change our plac«, 
 Yet will we never cease 
 
 Praising his name ; 
 
 Still will we tribute brin^ , 
 
 Hail him our gracious King ; 
 
 , And, thrwjgh all ages, sing, 
 
 " Worthy the Lamb 1" 
 
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 423 Oo to thy Rest, my Child. 6^3. 
 
 \ /^ O to thy rest, my child ; 
 vX Go lo thy dreamless bed. 
 Gentle and meek and miid, 
 
 With blessings on ihy head. 
 Fresh roses in ihy hana, 
 
 Buds on thy pillow laid, 
 Haste from this fearful land, 
 
 Where flowers so quickly face. 
 
 2 Before thy heart might learn 
 
 In waywardness to stray ; 
 Before thy feet could turn 
 
 The dark and downward way ; 
 Ere sin might wound thy he&rt, 
 
 Or sorrow wake the tear, 
 Rise to thy home of rest, 
 
 In yon celestial sphere. 
 
 ? Because thy smile was fair, 
 
 Thy lips and eyes so bri|fht : ^ 
 
 Because thy cradle care 
 
 Was sucn a fond delight , 
 Shall love with weak embrace, 
 
 Thy heavenward flight detain ? 
 No ! angel, seek thy place 
 
 Amid yon cherub train. 
 
 5^2& The Morning Bells. 8,7 
 
 1 IT ARK ! the morning bells are ringing! 
 O- Children, haste without delay ; 
 rayers of thousands now are winging 
 (Id to heaven their silent way 
 
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 2 'Tis an hour of happy meeting, 
 
 Children meet for praise and prayer 4 
 But the hour is short and fleeting , 
 Let us, then, be early there. 
 
 3 Do not keep our teachers waiting, 
 
 While you tarry by the way ; 
 Nor disturb the school reciting ; 
 'Tis the holy Sabbath day. 
 
 4 Children, haste; the bells are ringing, 
 
 And the morning's bright and fair 
 Thousands now unite in singmg ; 
 Thousands, too, in solemn prayer. 
 
 527 The joyful Meetinsr. C. x^ 
 
 I TTOW pleasant thus to dwell below, 
 ill- In fellowship of love ; 
 And though we part, 'tis bUss to know 
 The good shall meet above. 
 
 O ! that will be joyful, joyful, joyftil. 
 
 O ! that will be joyful, 
 
 To meet to part no more. 
 
 To meet to part no more^ 
 
 On Canaan's happy shore, 
 
 And sing the everlasting song, 
 
 With those who've gone before. 
 
 ^*2 Yes, happy thought I when we are free 
 From earthly grief and pain. 
 In heaven we shall each other see, 
 And never part agani. 
 O ! that will be joyM, &a 
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 % The children who have loved the Lord 
 Shall hail their teachers there ; 
 And teachers gain the rich reward 
 Of all their toil and care. 
 O ! that will be joyful, &c. 
 
 4 Then let us each, m strength divine, 
 
 Still walk in wisdom's ways : 
 That we, wkh those we love, ma) jom 
 In never-ending praise. 
 O ! that will be joyful, &c. 
 
 ^^O How beauteous are their Feet. S. M 
 
 1 TTOW beauteous are their fee:, 
 XX Who stand on Zion' 8 hill! 
 
 Who bring salvation on their tongues, 
 And words of peace reveal. 
 
 2 How charming is their voice ! 
 How sweet the tidings are] 
 
 ** Zion, behold thy Saviour King: 
 He reigns and triumphs here. 
 
 5 How happy are our ears, 
 That near this joyful sound, 
 
 Which kings and prophets waited fotg 
 And sought, but never found [ 
 
 4 How blessed are our eyes, 
 That see this heavenly light ! 
 Prophets and kings desired it long, 
 But die4 without the sight. 
 
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 5 The watchmen join their voios 
 
 And tuneful notes employ ; 
 
 Jerusalem break? forth in songs, 
 
 And deserts learn the joy. 
 
 S The Lord makes bare his am 
 Through all the earth abroad ; 
 Let every nation now behold 
 Their Saviour and their God. 
 
 6^0 Lord, teach us how to Pray. ^i ^ 
 
 1 T ORD, teach us how to pray, 
 jLj And give us hearts to ask ; 
 
 Or all we think, or do, or say, 
 Will be a tiresome task. 
 
 2 Thy Holy Spirit send, 
 Our bosoms to inspire ; 
 
 Then shall our praise to thee ascend. 
 With pure and warm desire, 
 
 3 Jesus, our great High Priest, 
 Present our prayers above ; 
 
 And spread abroad, o'er all thou sseel, 
 The mantle of thy love. 
 
 4 Teach us to iind our bliss 
 In earnest, fervent prayer ; 
 
 For where we pray our Saviour 19 
 And bliss is only there. 
 
 5?30 My Beloved. S» ^ 
 
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 Y beloved, wilt thou ow/i me, 
 When my heart is all defiled f 
 Though thy dying love has won me, 
 Can I deem thee reconciled t 
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2 My beloved, pass before me , 
 
 "Never from my sight remove; 
 Many waters flowmg o'er me, 
 Fold me in thy sheltering love. 
 
 3 My beloved, safely hide me 
 
 la the drear and cloudy day ; 
 fire the windy storm has tried me, 
 Hide my trembling soul, 1 pray. 
 
 4 My beloved, kindly take me 
 
 To thy sympathizing breast ; 
 
 Nover, never more forsake me ; 
 
 Guide me to the land of rest. 
 
 &31 My Country, *tis of tkc$. 6« 4 
 
 1 Tl/T Y country ! 'tis of thee 
 iVx Sweet land of hberty, 
 
 Of thee I sing: 
 Land where my fathers died, 
 Land of the pilgrim's pride, 
 From every moimtain aide 
 
 Let freedom ring. 
 
 2 My native country ! thee, 
 Land of the noble free, 
 
 Thy name I love ; 
 I love thy rocks and rills, 
 Thy woods and templed hilis . 
 My heart with rapture thrills, 
 
 Like that above. 
 
 3 Let music swell the breeze, 
 And ring from all the trees 
 
 Sweet freedom's song ; 
 
 Sid 
 
532, 533 SUPPLBMEFIf, 
 
 Let mortal tongues awake , 
 Let ail that breathe partake ; 
 Let rocks their silence break 
 The sound prolong. 
 
 4 Oar fathers' God! to thee, 
 Author of hberty ! 
 
 To thee we sing ; 
 Long may our land be bright 
 With freedom's holy light ; 
 Protect us by thy might, 
 
 Great God, our King ! 
 
 do2 E(trly Consecration. ^' ^ 
 
 1 IVT O W that our journey's just begun, 
 1^ Our road so little trod, 
 
 We'll come, before we further run, 
 And give ourselves to God. 
 
 2 And lest we should be ever led 
 
 Through sinful paths to stray, 
 We would at once begin to tread 
 In wisdom's pleasant way. 
 
 3 What sorrows may our steps attend, 
 
 We never can foretell ; 
 But if the Lord will be our friend, 
 We know that all is well. 
 
 ^ *l 3 Our FAtkcr tn Heaven. 1 ^ 
 
 OUR Father in heaven, we hallow thy 
 name ; 
 May thy kingdom, all holy, on earth be th* 
 
 same. 
 O give to ua daily our portian of bread : 
 it is from tny bounty that all must be fe*? 
 916 
 
« Forgive our transgression, and fp.^ch us to 
 
 know 
 That humble compassion that pardons eacij 
 
 foe. 
 Save us from temptation, from weakness and 
 
 sin; 
 And thine be the giory, for ever. Amen. 
 
 534 Church in Affliction- ll's 
 
 1 i\ ZION, afflicted with wave upon wave, 
 \J Whom no man can comfort, whom no 
 
 man can save ; 
 
 With darkness surrounded, by terrors dis- 
 mayed, 
 
 In toiling and rowing thy strength is decayed. 
 
 2 Loud roaring-, the billows now nigh over- 
 
 whelm, 
 But skilful' s the pilot who sits at the helm ; 
 His wisdom conducts thee, his power d© 
 
 fends ; 
 In safety and quiet thy warfare he ends. 
 
 3^*0 fearful ! O faithless !" in mercy he cries ; 
 * My promise, my tri>th, are they light in 
 
 thine eyes ? 
 StiU, still I am with thee, my promise shal} 
 
 stand. 
 Through tempest and tossing I'll bring thee 
 to land. , 
 
 4 "Then trust me, and fear not; ihy life U 
 secure. 
 My wisdom is perfect, supreme is my pov/er j 
 3n 
 
535> 53G 9TC7P?LEMEI(rT 
 
 In love 1 correct thee, thy soul to retine, 
 To make thee at length in my hkene8i» to 
 shme.' 
 
 &tl5 Praise to Ood '3'*« 
 
 1 |3RAiSE to God ! — immortal praise, 
 JT For the love that crowns our days 
 Bounteous Source of every joy, 
 
 Let thy praise our tongues employ. 
 
 2 All that spring, with bounteous hand 
 Scatters o'er the smiling land ; 
 
 All that liberal autumn pours 
 From her rich, o'erflowing stores: 
 
 3 These to that dear Source we owe, 
 Whence our sweetest comforts flow , 
 These, through all my happy days. 
 Claim my cheerful songs of praise. 
 
 4 Lord, *.j thee my soul would raise 
 Grateful, never-ending praise ; 
 And when every blessing's iiown, 
 Love thee for thyself alone. 
 
 ^ilO The promised Tirnt is corning. x, M 
 
 REJOICE, rejoice, the promised time is 
 coming, 
 Rejoice, rejoice, the wilderness shall bloom 
 And Zion's children then shall smg, 
 The deserts are all blossoming. 
 Rejoice, rejoice, the promised time is coming, 
 Rejoice, rejoice, the wildei^iess shall bloom : 
 The gospel banner, wide unfurled, 
 Shall wave in triumph o'er the world, 
 And every creature, bond or free, 
 Shall haij that gljrious jubilee. 
 318 
 
SUPPLEMENT. 531, 53i* 
 
 5«:57 fhse^Da^iffhter iff Zion. I J's 
 
 ( ^ ISE daufi^hter of Zion, thy mourn Ag 's o'eri 
 ^^ The night that iiaih veiled thee shall velJ 
 
 thee no more ; 
 Wear the robes of the morning ; arise thou and 
 
 shine, 
 For the beauty and light of Jehovah are thine. 
 
 2 O lift up thine eyes, look around thee and see, 
 How thy children are gathering together to thee 
 Like doves on the wing, flying home to be blest, 
 At thine altar with peace, in thy bosom with rest. 
 
 i From the sea's farthest shores, and like its full 
 tide, 
 The nations new-born, how they flow to thy aide i 
 To freedom forth springing, thy light having seen, 
 They bless thee a mother, «.nd hail thee a queen. 
 Who wasted thee once, lowly kneel at thy throne, 
 Rejoicing thy sceptre of mercy to own : 
 A.nd the proud and the lofty, that hail not thy day 
 in the blaze of its noon shall but wither away. 
 
 5 In thy kingdom of love shall all violence cease; 
 Thine exactors be justice, thine olfioers peace : 
 Thy people all righteous, and truth all thy w-iysj 
 Thy gates are salvation, thy portals are praise. 
 
 6 Jehovah thy Beauty, thy Brightness, thy Crown. 
 Thy noon shall ne'er wane, and thy sun ae'ia 
 
 go down ; 
 And the tide of thy glory, no ebbing to know.. 
 From ages eternal to ages shall flow. 
 
 5*00 Saviour t be ttiou with us. 8, ? 
 
 I ^ A VI OUR, be thou with us goin^, 
 O With the world to mix again , 
 Tis thy strength we trust to, knowing 
 We are weak as other men ; 
 
 If thou keep us, 
 We are safe, ar.d only ihen. 
 
 3X9 
 
639, 540 HUIFLEMENT 
 
 8 Precious is thy word of promise , 
 Precious to thy people here ; 
 Though the foe would wrest it from us 
 Thou hast bid us nothing fear ; 
 
 In our trials 
 Thou hast said thou wilt be near. 
 8 May we thus, till life is over, 
 
 Trust in thee, and valiant prove ; 
 Every day fresh cause discover, 
 Cause of wonder, joy and love ; 
 
 And victorious, 
 To our place m heaven remove. 
 
 &o|y The mellow Eve ts gliding. 7, 6 
 
 I nn HE mellow eve is gliding 
 X Serenely down the west , 
 So, every care subsiding. 
 My soul would sink to rest. 
 % The woodland hum is ringing 
 The daylight's gentle close ; 
 May angels round rne singing, 
 Thus hymn my last repose. 
 
 3 The evening star has lighted 
 
 Her crystal lamp on nigh ; 
 
 So. when in death benighted, 
 
 May hope illume the sky. 
 
 4 In golden splendour dawning, 
 
 The morrow's light shall break ; 
 O I on the last bright morning, 
 May I in glory wake. 
 
 540 Child waking. C M- 
 
 I 'T^HOU wak'st from happy sleep to i?kj 
 1 With bounding heart, my boy , 
 320 
 
EUPPLEIMEST. ^tl 
 
 Thou hast no heavy thought or dream 
 To cloud thy fearless eye. 
 
 i Yet, ere the cares of hfe He dim 
 On thy voung spirit's wings ; 
 Now in thy morn forget not Him 
 From whom each pure thought springs 
 
 }J Before thee Uea a long, bright day 
 Of sumrner and of joy ; 
 Long be it thus ! life's early stream 
 Should still reflect the sky. 
 
 So, in the onward vale of tears 
 
 Where'er thy path may be ; 
 When strength has bowed to evil yearw 
 
 He will remember thee. 
 
 54:1 The Lordis our Shepherd. IV^. 
 
 1 rpHE Lord la our Shepherd, oar guardian and 
 
 X guide ; 
 
 Whatever we want he will kindly provide. 
 To sheep of his pasture his mercies abound, 
 His care and protection his flock will surround. 
 
 2 The Lord is our shepherd, what then shall we fearl 
 What danger can move us, while Jesus is near ^ 
 Not when the time calls us to walk through th- 
 
 vale 
 Of the shadow of death, shall our hearts ever fail 
 S Though afraid of ourselves to pursue the dark way, 
 Thy rod and thy staff be our comfort and stay, 
 For we know by thy guidance, when once it is 
 
 past, 
 To a fountain of life it will bring us at last. 
 4 The Lord has become our salvation and song, 
 His blessings have followed us all our life long ; 
 His name we will praise while he lends ua our 
 
 breath. 
 Be cheerful in life and be happy in d^utli. 
 X 321 
 
t*42 SUPPLEMEHT. 
 
 r>4^ Away 10 Sdbhath-sckool t3 M 
 
 1 'T^HE morning sky is bright and clear , 
 X Away to Sabbath-school ; 
 
 Let each one in the class appear . 
 
 Away to Sabbath-school ; 
 Ti£ there we learn His holy word, 
 And find the road that leads to God. 
 
 Away, away, nway, away 
 
 Away to Sabbath-school 
 
 2 (n season let us all be there ; 
 
 Away to Sabbath- school ; 
 That we may join the opening prayer \ 
 
 Away to Sabbath-school; 
 There we can raise our hearts to heaven, 
 And praise the Lord for blessings given. 
 
 Awayt away, away, away, 
 
 Away to Sabbath-school. 
 
 3 Let us remember, while at prayer, 
 
 When at the Sabbath-school, 
 Our teachers' kmdness, and their cait>.* , 
 
 Towards our Sabbath-school. J 
 
 We'll be submissive, good, and kind, J 
 
 And ^very ruje and order mind, j| 
 
 When we're at school, at Sabbath-ecfi 
 
 When we're at Sabbath-school. 
 
 Boya. 
 
 4 Wlif>n each at night shall go to prayer, 
 
 W e'll ask our God above 
 
 GirU. 
 T'.j extend o'er teachers his kind carw 
 Ana cfovi-Ti them with hiB love. 
 322 
 
STJPPIEMENT. 543 
 
 Boys and GHrls. 
 And when on earth our time is aped, 
 And we are numbered with the aead. 
 
 Teachers and Scholars. 
 If faithful, we shall meet above ; 
 Wc all shall meet above. 
 
 ^'IrO Sabbath Morning. " 8, 
 
 1 XTT'ELCOME, welcome, quiet morning . 
 VV I've no task, no toil to-day 
 
 Now the Sabbath morn returning, 
 Says a week has passed away. 
 
 2 Let me think now time is gliding ; 
 
 Soon the longest hfe departs ; 
 Nothing human is abiding, 
 Save the love of humble hearts. 
 
 3 Love to God and to our neighbour 
 
 Makes our purest happiness ; 
 Vain the wish, the care, the labour 
 Earth's poor trifles to possess. 
 
 4 Swift my childhood's dreams are passinf 
 
 Like the startled doves they fly ; 
 Or bright clouds each other chasing 
 Over yonder quiet sky. 
 
 5 Soon I'll hear earth's flattering story, . 
 
 Soon its visions will be mine ; 
 Shall I covet wealth and glory ? 
 Shall I bow at pleasure's shrine , 
 
 6 No, my God, one prayer I raise thee 
 
 From my young and happy heart ; 
 Never let me cease to praise the€, 
 Never from thy fear depart. 
 
 323 
 
544 BCTPPLESrETTT. 
 
 7 Then when 5'ears have garhered o'ei m©. 
 And the world is sunk in shade ; 
 Heaven's bright realms will rise before me 
 There my treasure will be laid. 
 
 «54 4 fflien our Fathers f long ago 7 
 
 WHEN our fathers, long ago, 
 Fled from persecution's flame 
 O'er the dark tempestuous sea, 
 
 Little children with them came ; 
 Little children knelt and prayed 
 
 With their sires on freedom's shor©^ 
 Raised the grateful notes of joy, 
 Louder than the ocean's roar. 
 
 2 Bursting on night's darkest hour, 
 
 Children heard the savage yell, 
 And the loud and fearful cry 
 
 Of their parents, as they fell. 
 Children sang, m later times, 
 
 Liberty's inspiring lay ; 
 Glovvmg hearts in concert hailed 
 
 Kach returning festal day. 
 
 3 But a nobler, sweeter song 
 
 We, this day, have met to sing; 
 Praise- to Him, in Bethlehem bonu 
 
 Him, our Saviour and our King. 
 He has conquered ! Lo ! he comet, 
 
 Leading captive death and sin ! 
 Open, open wide your gates ! 
 
 Let the King of glory in ! 
 
 . 4 Jesus ! .TesuB ! yes, 'tis he t 
 
 Evermore the children's friend ; 
 384 
 
«trppLEMENT. 545, 5tfi 
 
 We have one request for thee , 
 Teacliers, faithful teachers, send ; 
 
 Send them through this guilty world 
 To make glad th' abodes of sin. 
 
 Open, open wide your gates* 1 
 Let the King of glory in ! 
 
 445 Millennium. 7. & 
 
 . "IT THEN shall the voice of singing 
 VV Flow joyfully along ? 
 When hill and valley, ringing 
 
 With one triumphant song, 
 Proclaim the contest ended, 
 
 And Him who once was slain 
 Again to earth descended 
 
 In righteousness to reign ! 
 
 8 Then from the craggy mountainp 
 
 The sacred shout shall fly ; 
 And shady vales and fountains 
 
 Shall echo the reply ; 
 High tower and lowly dwelling 
 
 Shall send the chorus round, 
 All hallelujah swelling, 
 
 In one eternal sound ! 
 
 D'dtO Missionary's Farewell. 0% 7. 
 
 I '^/'ES, my native land, I love rhec \ 
 JL All thy scenes, I love tnem well 
 Friends, conr ections, happy coui \ry 
 Can I bid you all farewell ? 
 
 Can I leave you. 
 Far in hea- hen lands to dwel' f 
 
 32^ 
 
546 SUPPLEMENT. 
 
 2 Home, thy joys are passing lovely; 
 
 Joys no stranger heart can tell ; 
 Happy home 1 'tis sure I love thee , 
 Can *, can 1 say, farewell ? 
 
 Can I l^ave thee, 
 Far in heathen lands to dwell ? 
 
 3 Scenes of sacred peace and pleasure 
 
 Holy days and Sabbath bell, 
 Richest, brightest, sweetest treasure • 
 Can I say a last ffireweli ! 
 
 Can I leave you, 
 Far in heathen lands to dwell ? 
 
 4 Ves, I hasten from you gladly, 
 
 From the scenes I loved so well ; 
 Far away, ye billows, bear me ; 
 Lovely native land, farewell ! 
 
 Pleased, I leave thee ; 
 Far in heathen lands to dwell. 
 
 5 In the desert let me labour ; 
 
 On the mountains let me tell 
 
 How he died, the blessed Saviour, 
 
 To redeem a world from hell. 
 
 Let me hasten, 
 Far in heathen lands to dwell. 
 
 6 Bear me on, thou restless ocean 
 
 Let the winds my canvas swc , 
 Heaves my heart with warm emoticag 
 While I go far hence to dwell. 
 
 Glad I bid thee, 
 Native land, farewell ! farewell J 
 
 3S6 
 
TABLE OF FIRST LINES. 
 
 HYMB 
 
 i CHARGE to keep I have - « - 47S 
 
 \ dread and solemn hoar - - - 292 
 
 Admitted where thy truths are taught - 324 
 
 4h! whither should I go - - - - 480 
 
 .\ias, and did my Saviour bleed - - l9b 
 
 111 hail the power of Jesus' name - - 419 
 
 A.11 the week we spend - - - 37o 
 
 A.lmighty Father ! gracious Lord - 15 
 
 A^lmighty Father! heavenly King - - 43 
 
 Almighty God! eternal Lord - - 167 
 
 Almighty God ! I'm very ill - - - 267 
 
 '^.Imighty God ! with gracious ear - - 16 
 
 Almighty God! wliile earth and heaven 28 
 
 A-lmighty God ! thy piercing eye - - 76 
 
 J^Imighty God ! thy word is cast - - 152 
 
 iVmazing grace ! how sweet the sound - 4S2 
 
 A.m I a soldier of the cross - - - 4r>^ 
 
 A.m I pool, do men despise me - - 236 
 
 4.mong the deepest shades of night - 73 
 
 .\ mourning class, a vacant seat - - 285 
 
 A.nd are we yet alive - - - - 451 
 
 A.nd is the gospel peace and love - '112 
 
 A-nd must I part with all I have - - 104 
 
 f\.nd now another day is gone - - 318 
 
 A.nd now another hour is past - - 32h 
 
 !Vnd will the Judge descend - - - 290 
 
 \ngcls that high in glory dwell - - 253 
 
 \notlier day its course has run - - 315 
 
 Another six days' work is done - - 132 
 
 A-pproach, my soul, the mercy-seat - - 205 
 
 fVsleep in Jesus! blessed sleep - 288 
 
 A-Ssemblcd in our school once more - - 322 
 
 Attracted by love s sacred force - - 445 
 
 Awake, and sing the song - - 3G 
 
 Awake, my heart, awake - - - 311 
 
 Awake, my soul, and with the sun - - 310 
 
 327 
 
TABLA OF F/aST LlBi:iHI6. 
 
 £IYMP 
 
 OYMP 
 
 iwake, my soul, in joyful lays - - A^", 
 A-wake, my soul, stretch every nerv'^e 493 
 
 Behold onoe more the morning sun - 304 
 
 Behold the ark of God 
 Behold the Saviour at the door 
 Be merciful, God of grace 
 Be the little ones instructed - 
 Beware of Peter's word - - - 
 Blessed Saviour! Thou hast told ua 
 Blest be the tie that binds - - - 
 Blest is the man whose heart expands - 
 Blest Jesus! let an infant claim 
 Blow ye the trumpet ! blow - - - 
 Brethren, beloved for Jesus' sake 
 
 442 
 468 
 33 
 103 
 217 
 411 
 
 Brightest and best of the sons of the morni ng 1 1 3 
 
 Can we believe thy precious word - 
 Christ was teaching all the day 
 Children as young and weak as I 
 Children of old hosanna sung 
 Children of the heavenly King - 
 Children, our Father cails 
 
 Childliood and youth, how vain they seeni 467 
 
 Come, child, look upward to the sky - 7 
 
 Come, children, hail the Prmce of peace - 180 
 
 Come, Christian brethren, ere wo part - 510 
 
 Come hither, all ye weary souls - - 186 
 
 Come, Holy Spirit, calm my mind - 121 
 
 Come, Holy Spirit, come - - - - 120 
 
 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove - 122 
 
 Come, let us join our friends above - - 169 
 
 Come, let us join our cheerful songs - 215 
 
 Come, let us join our Lord to praise - 83 
 
 Come, let us join our notes of praise - 470 
 
 €ome, let us join the hosts above - - IS 
 
 Come, let us join with one accord- - 139 
 
 Come, Lo»d, and warm each languid heart 425 
 
 n ome, my soul, thy suit prepare - - 39 
 
 *■ ome, sinr er, in whose guilty breast 176 
 328 
 
 206 
 
 181 
 343 
 458 
 487 
 424 
 450 
 475 
 160 
 209 
 448 
 
TABLE OP FIRST i>INES 
 
 HYMR 
 
 (ome. sound his praise abroad - - 31 
 
 Come, ye cliiidren, and adore him - 357 
 
 Come, ye sinners poor and needy - - 1S2 
 
 Come, ye who love the Lord ~ - 420 
 
 Control my every thought - 459 
 
 Could I so ungrateful be - - - 225 
 
 Creatures dependent day by day - - 415 
 
 Clowns and praises, crowns and nraises Bo 
 
 Dear children, have you ever thougnt - 325 
 
 Dear partner of our hopes and fears - 479 
 
 Dear Saviour, if these lambs should stray 41 
 
 Death has been here, and borne away - 27^^ 
 
 Death may dissolve my body now - 279 
 
 Descend from heaven, iinmo»'^al Dove - 119 
 
 Did Christ o'er sinners weep - - 87 
 
 Dismiss us with thy blessing, Lord - - 512 
 
 Eternal power, whose high abode - 413 
 
 Eternity is just at hand - - - - 282 
 
 Every bird can build her nest - - 93 
 
 Every sheaf of golden grain - - - 367 
 
 Far from my thoughts, vain world, begone 497 
 
 Father above, in mercy take - - - 241 
 
 Father (jf mercies, hear - - 163 
 
 Father! once more let grateful praise - 511 
 
 Father! what'er of earthly bliss - 57 
 
 Father ! with one accord we stand - - 355 
 
 For a season called to part - 394 
 
 For worldly honour I'd not waste - • S'^9 
 
 From all that dwell below the skies - 3 
 
 From Greenland's icy mountair_s - • S3 
 
 Gentle Jesus, meek and mild - - 39* 
 
 Give thanks to God most high - 24 
 
 Give to the Father praise - - . 515 
 
 Glory to thee, my God ! this mght - - 314 
 
 Glory to the Father give - - - 520 
 
 God from his high and lofty thronf - 485 
 
 God is a God oJ ti uth - - Ki) 
 
 529 
 
TABLE OF FIRST LINES 
 
 UVMft 
 
 God is a Spirit, just and wise - - 86 
 God is in heaven, can lie hear - - -72 
 God is love ; his mercy brightens - •67 
 
 God is the refuse of his saints - - 146 
 
 God over all, for ever blest - - - 319 
 
 God the Creator reij^^ns above - - - 235 
 
 God's angels come from heaven on high 393 
 
 Grace! 'tis a charmint? sound - - - 21 1 
 
 Gracious God I to thee I praj^ - - - 64 
 
 Great God ! and wilt thou be so kind - 7S 
 
 Great God! how infinite art thou - - 74 
 
 Great God ! our feeble etibrts own - - 407 
 
 Great God ! we sing that mighty hand - 332 
 
 Great God ! with heart and tongue - - 40 
 
 Great God!" with wonder and with praise 149 
 
 Great Saviour ! who didst condescend - 47 
 
 Great Shepherd of thy people ! here - 165 
 
 Guide me, O thou great Jehovah - 52 
 
 Hail ! highly favoured of the skies - 
 Hail! my ever blessed Jesus 
 Hail ! thou once despised Jesus 
 Happy is he who early p.teers - 
 Happy the child, whose early j^ears 
 Hark, my soul ! it is the Lord - 
 Hark! the voice of love and mercy 
 Hark; what mean those lamentations 
 Hasten, Lord, the glorious time - 
 Hasten, O sinner, to be wise 
 Hear, Lord, the song of praise and prayei 
 Hear ye not a voice from heaven 
 Heavenly Father, grant thy blessing 
 Heavenly Father, look on me - 
 Heal us, Immanuel ; here we stand 
 Heirs or unending life 
 Here, gracious God, beneath thy feet 
 His mercies in Jesus renewed - 
 Holy Bible! book divine 
 Holy Father ! please to hear 
 330 
 
TA.BLE OP FIRST LINES 
 
 llVfyI> 
 
 Josarmap were by children sung - • 2£ 
 
 How dreadful, Lord, will be the day - 29 1 
 
 How glorious is our heavenly King - 77 
 
 Hjw great is God, who made the earth - 39*3 
 
 How happy is the child who hears - 230 
 
 How happy is the pilgrim's lot - - - 37f 
 
 How happy those dear children were - lOh 
 
 How kind in all his works and ways - 1 
 
 How long sometimes a day appears - 258 
 
 3ow proud we are ! how fond to show - 250 
 
 How serious is the charge - - - 453 
 
 How shall the young secure their hearts - 151 
 How sweet is the Sabbath, the morning of rest 141 
 
 Humble praises, holy Jesus - - - 21 
 
 [ am the creature of the Lord - - - 1 3 
 
 [f Jesus Christ was sent- - - 395 
 
 If you turn away from sin - - 173 
 
 I give immortal praise - - - - 222 
 
 I hear the call, I will not stay - - • 320 
 
 [ know that my Redeemer lives - - 101 
 
 [ hve to die, I die to live - - - 494 
 
 I love the volume of thy word - - 1 45 
 
 I love thy Zion, Lord - - 16'2 
 
 [ love to have the Sabbath come - - ]95 
 
 I love to see the glowing sun - - - 4 
 
 I love to steal awhile away - - - '{16 
 
 I muit not sin as many do - - - 245 
 
 [n all my Lord s appointed ways - - 491 
 
 In all my vast concerns with thee - - 82 
 
 Indulgent Father, by whose care - - 312 
 
 Irdulgent God! of love and power - - 474 
 
 [nf^.ulgent God! to thee we pray - - 342 
 
 ^u every care that dims the mind - - 4P® 
 
 In God's own house for me to play - 157 
 Inspirer and hearer of prayer - - '317 
 
 In the bright morn of life, "when youth - ISS 
 
 Tr the stars that shine so bright - - 375 
 
 In tV great nanio *" Lcrd! we come - i\ 
 
 631 
 
TABLE OF PIBBT LIITSS* 
 
 { often say my prayers - - . 
 Isaac was ransomed while he lay - 
 I saw one hanging on a tree 
 [sing the mighty power of God - 
 Is this the kind reiurn - - - 
 [ thank the goodness and the grace 
 [ thank the Lord, who lives on high - 
 It is not earthly pleasure 
 I would not live alway, I ask not to stay 
 
 Jerusalem ! my happy home - - - 
 
 Jesus, and can it ever be - 
 
 Jesus bids me seek his face - - - 
 
 Jesus Christ has lived and died - 
 
 Jesus gives us true repentance 
 
 Jesus, near a weeping mourner 
 
 Jesus, lover of my soul - - .. . 
 
 Jesus, make my sinful heart 
 
 lesus, my all, to heaven is gone - 
 
 Jesus, my head must soon be laid - 
 
 Jesus, my Saviour and my Lord - 
 
 Jesus, Saviour, Son of God 
 
 Jesus says that we m.ust love him - 
 
 Jesus, see a little child - - . 
 
 Jesus shall reign where'er the sun 
 
 Jesus, the sinner's friend ! to thee 
 
 Jesus, united by thy grace - - - 
 
 Jesus, unite our hearts to thee - 
 
 Jesus, when a httle cliild 
 
 Jesus, where'er thy people meet 
 
 Jesus, who knows full well - 
 
 Joy to the world ! the Lord is come - 
 
 King Solomon of old - - - - 234 
 
 Lately I wandered sadly, where - 380 
 
 Let children bless the Saviour's name - 37'J 
 
 Let children that would fear the Lord - 227 
 
 Let God the Father and the Son - - 614 
 
 Let little :hildren come to me - S62 
 33^* 
 
ffABLl Of FIRST LISTZS. 
 
 HYMP 
 
 Let me think if I were dying - - 27"< 
 
 Let party names no more - - - - 446 
 
 Like her who on Samaria's ground - 434 
 
 Little children, love each other - - 387 
 
 Lo, on a narrow neck of land - - 490 
 
 Lord, before thy throne we stand - - 171 
 
 Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing - 509 
 
 Lord, give us grace t9 put away - - 1 40 
 
 Lord, now delightful tis to see - - 155 
 
 Lord, if e'er I dare to speak - - - 256 
 
 Lord, I would come to thee - - - 233 
 
 Lord. I would ov/n thy tender care - - . 26 
 
 Loid Jesus, come! for here - - - 412 
 Lord, should we leave thy hallowed feet - 114 
 
 Lord, teach a little child to pray - - 36 
 
 Lord, teach a sinful child to pray - - 49 
 Lord,thouhastsearchedandseen methrough 7& 
 
 Lord, we come before thee now 
 Lord, we esteem the favour great - 
 Lord, what a feeble piece - - - 
 Love is the theme of saints aliove - 
 
 Maker of the Sabbath day - - - 
 Many voices seem to say 
 May we who teach the rising race - 
 May the grace of Christ our Saviour 
 Mercy alone can meet my case 
 Mercy, th.ju Son of David - 
 Miihons there are on heathen ground 
 MiUions within thy courts have met 
 Mortals, awake ! with an<els joi.i 
 Mourn not, ye whose child hath found 
 My days on earth how swift they run 
 My dear Redeemer, and my Lord - 
 My father, my mother, 1 know - 
 My Father, when I come to thee - 
 My God, permit me not to be - 
 My heart has been too long iusnared 
 My heavenly Father, all I see - 
 
 ^33 
 
 54 
 462 
 260 
 416 
 
TABLE OF FiRST LTWES- 
 
 HYMR 
 
 VT^ neav'snJy Father, I confess - 2S4 
 
 My life s a narrow spar - - - 263 
 
 My sou:, come meditate the day - - -287 
 
 My soul, be on thy guard - - - 455 
 
 Night wraps the land where Jesus spoUe i it 
 
 iVo never shall my heart despond - - 44.^ 
 
 Not by the brazen trumpets voice - 36C 
 
 Now, children, to God's house repair - 327 
 
 Now to the Lamb that once v/as slam - 5l9 
 
 Now we" re assembled here - - 321 
 
 come, thou great and gracious power 605 
 
 J could I find from day to day - - - 42S 
 
 O'er the gloomy hills of darkness - - 336 
 
 for a closer walk with God - • - 200 
 
 for a Iieart to feel - - - - 170 
 
 for a heart to praise my God - - - 3S 
 
 for a thousand tongues to sing - - 212 
 
 God ! I thank thee that the ni^ht - - 307 
 
 God of hosts, the mighty Lord - - 168 
 
 God, I am a httle child - - - - 56 
 
 God, our help in ages past - - - 81 
 
 Jesus, delight of my soul - - - 97 
 
 Jesus, not for pride - - - - 438 
 
 Lord, behold before thy throne - - 53 
 
 Lord, encouraged by thy grace - - 477 
 
 Lord, forgive a sinful child - - - 44 
 Lord, let our songs find acceptance before 
 
 thee 369 
 
 Lord of hosts, thou King of kings - 399 
 
 Lord our God ! how wondrous great - 1 1 
 
 Spirit of the hving God - - - 344 
 
 U that I knew the secret place - - - 193 
 
 9 that it were my chief delight - - 391 
 
 that ray load of sin were gone - - 202 
 
 that the Lord would guide my ways - 58 
 
 that the Lord would teach my tengue - 6^ 
 
 thou, before whose gracious throne - 'i69 
 
 Vi thou from whom all goodness llows - 55 
 3:i4 
 
TABLE or FTHST LIHXli. 
 
 HYMB 
 
 thou our teacher, bi other, friend - 440 
 
 thou that hearest when sinners cry - 191 
 
 thou thai pleadest with pitying lev* - 464 
 
 O thou the helpless orjihans hope - - 370 
 
 thou to whose all-searching sij^ht 50 
 
 O thou whom high archangels praise 17 
 
 O thou whose mercy guides my way 244 
 
 thou whose tender mercy hears - 195 
 
 who are tliey that venture near - 404 
 
 O 'tis a folly and a crime - - - 2S4 
 
 O 'tis a lovely thing for youth - ^254 
 
 One there is above all others - ► j 00 
 
 Once more we keep the sacred day 133 
 
 On Jordan's stormy banks I stand - 298 
 
 On v/hat has now Deen sown - - 326 
 
 Our Father, full of grace divine - 37 
 
 Our Father, who dost dwell on high - 368 
 
 Our Lord is risen from the dead • - 221 
 
 Our Saviour was a lovely child - 99 
 
 Our souls by love together knit - - - 149 
 Our tongues were made to bless the Lord 255 
 
 Palms of glory, raiment bright - . - 506 
 
 Permit me, l^ord, to see thy face - - 60 
 
 Plunged in a gulph of dark despair - - 2 1 6 
 
 Poor and needy though 1 be - - - 241 
 
 Poor children who are ail the day - - 403 
 Praise God, from whom ail blessmgs flow 517 
 
 Praise to the Lord, for they are past - • 505 
 
 Praise to the Sovereign of tiie sky - - 23S 
 
 !>rayer is appointed to con\ey - - - i3S 
 
 Prayer is the soul's sincere desire - - 429 
 
 Quickly my days have passed away - 330 
 
 Religion is the chief concern - - 229 
 
 Remember tl\y Creator now - - 410 
 
 Return, my wandering soul, return - 197 
 
 Rich is the sacred song that swells - - 354 
 
 Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wines - 29" 
 
 Rock ol Ages! cleft for me - - - 495 
 
 335 
 
TAB Lit OF FIRST LiyBS. 
 
 Siitits, with pious zeal attending - 
 Salvation, O the joyfiil sound - 
 Saviour, may a little cliiid - - - 
 Saviour, wlio, thy flock art feeding - 
 Saviour, visit thv plantation - 
 Say, sinner, hath a voice within 
 See anotlier week is gone - - - 
 -^ee, Jesus, thy disciples see 
 ^ee that heathen mother stand 
 ;See the kind shepiierd, Jesus stands - 
 .Show pity, Lord; Lord, forgive - 
 l)ing, my soul, his wor.drous love 
 Sm^ we the son^ of those who stand - 
 SiFi has a thousand treacherous arts - 
 Sinners, hear, for God hath spoken 
 Sinners, turn, why wilJ ye die - 
 Soldiers of Christ, arise - - - - 
 Songs of praise the angels sang 
 Soon as I heard my Father say 
 Soon will set the Sabbath sun - 
 Sow in the morn thy seed - - - 
 Sovereign of worlds, display thy power 
 Stay, thou insulted Spirit, stay 
 Strive, for the way is strait 
 Sweet is the work, my God, my King - 
 
 Take up thy cross, the Saviour said - 
 Teacher divine, we bow the knee - 
 Teacher, guide of young beginners - 
 Teach me, Lord, thy name to know 
 Ten thousand different flowers - 
 That awful hour will soon appear 
 The bosom where I oft have lain 
 The burden of their souls they bring - 
 The ciiildren's angels always view - 
 The clock has struck, I cannot stay 
 The day is past and gone - - - 
 The God of heaven is pleased to see - 
 The heathen perish day by day 
 336 
 
TABLE OF FIRST LIXES. 
 
 HYM^ 
 
 The neavens declare thy glory. Lord S4C 
 
 The hour is come, I will not stay - SOS 
 
 The light of Sabbath eve - - 128 
 
 The lilies of the field - - - 266 
 
 The Lord is here ; he sees us too - - 69 
 
 The Lord Jehovah reigns - - - - 84 
 
 The Lord of glory is my light - - 23b 
 
 The man is ever blessed - - - - 374 
 
 The moon and planets while they run - 35/' 
 
 The moon is very fair and bright - - 14 
 
 The morning breaks, my voice I raise - SvOe 
 
 The night is past and gone - - - 124 
 
 The Sabbath of the Lord ... 25 
 
 The smitten heart and starting tear - - 189 
 
 The spacious firmament on high - - 12 
 
 The sun, that hghts the world, shall fade - 302 
 
 There is a glorious world of light - - 301 
 
 There is a land above - - - - 300 
 
 There is a land of pure dehght - - 293 
 
 There is a God who reigns above - - 70 
 
 There is a fountain filled with blood - 213 
 
 There is a grassy bed - - - - 281 
 
 There is a path that leads to God - - 248 
 
 There is beyond the sky - - - 294 
 
 There's not a star whose twinkling light 3 
 
 There's not a tint that paints the rose 2 
 
 Thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we love - 131 
 
 Think, O ye who fondly languish - 272 
 
 This day belongs to God alone - - 1 34 
 
 This God is the God we adore - - 85 
 
 This is a precious book indeed - - 1 50 
 
 This is the day when Christ arose - 126 
 
 This is tne field where hidden lies - - 147 
 
 This is the way to know the Lord - • 383 
 
 This year is hastening too away - - 331 
 
 Those children who a promise give • - 257 
 
 Thou art our Shephercl, gracious Lord - 118 
 
 Thou art my portion, O my God - - 482 
 
 Though I am young, I have a so\ii - 20"^ 
 Y 33-7 
 
TABLE OP FIB8T LTJTBS 
 
 HV.MN 
 
 Though in the earthly church below 499 
 
 rhou fjreat Tnstructer, lest I stray - - 90 
 
 Thou Man of griefs, remember me - • 3S8 
 
 Tnou sweet glidni^ Kedron - - - 91 
 
 Thou who iidst with love and blessing - 12') 
 
 Through ail the dangers of the night ' - 506 
 
 Thus far we're spared again to meet - 13S 
 
 Thy kingdom come, thus day by day - 331 
 
 Thy worKs proclaim thy glory, Lord - 6 
 
 Time grows not old with length of years 361 
 
 'Tis a point I long to know - ~ - 483 
 
 'Tis finished, so the Saviour cried - - 219 
 
 'Tis Jesus speaks, I fold, says he - - 270 
 
 'Tis religion that can give - - - 228 
 
 'Tis sweet to rest in lively hope - - 266 
 
 To dwell with sinners here below - - 208 
 
 To do to others as I would - - - 378 
 
 To God the Father, God the Son - - 613 
 
 To Jesus, the crowri of my hope - ' 607 
 
 To-morrow, Lord, is thine - - - 269 
 
 To praise the Saviour's name - - - 27 
 
 To tliee, my Shepherd, and my Lord - 19 
 
 To thee, blessed Saviour - - - 360 
 
 To thee our wants are known - - 44] 
 
 1 o thee, the little children's friend - - 34& 
 
 To thy temple I repair - - - 169 
 
 'Twas God who made the earth and skies 10 
 
 Try us, God, and search the ground - 4f S 
 
 Union, it is a hallowed name - - . 421 
 
 ^isit, Lord, thy habitation - - - 166 
 
 vVafted o'ei the breast of ocean - - 604 
 
 Wake, slumbering world, a midnight cry 401 
 
 We are but young, yet we may sing - 172 
 
 We come, we come, with Iwid acclaim - 366 
 
 Weep, little children, weep - - i7S 
 
 Welcome, sweet day of rest - - - 143. 
 
 Welcome, sweet morn, we hail with joy 371 
 
 A"elcome the sweet, the sai'.red hom - 503 
 33S 
 
TaULI Of FIRST LIIVT.S. 
 
 HYMH 
 
 Welcome, welcome, dear Redeemer - - 488 
 
 We meet for evenini>; prayer - - 348 
 
 VVe now from school depart - - - • 60S 
 
 We otfer. Lord, an humble prayer - 381 
 
 VVe ought to speak with humble fear - 142 
 
 We seem to hear a voice of praise - - 358 
 
 What a mercy, what a treasure - - 154 
 
 What cheering words are these - - 396 
 
 What is an idoH every heart - - - 232 
 
 What is there, Lord, a child can do - 194 
 
 Wliat souls are those that venture near - 299 
 
 What various hindrances we meet - 435 
 
 When a foolish thought within - - ' - 385 
 
 When all thy mercies, my God - - 6 
 
 When at thy footstool. Lord, I bend- - 201 
 
 When bending o'c the brink of life - 286 
 
 When daily I kneel down to pray - - 34 
 
 When Eli's sons, by deeds profane - 383 
 
 Whene'er I take my walks abroad - - 224 
 
 Whene'er the angry passions rise - - 365 
 
 W^hen gathering clouds around I view - 237 
 
 When His salvation bringing - - 406 
 
 When I can read my title clear- - - 296 
 
 W^hen I frequent the house of prayer - 156 
 
 W^hen I look up to yonaer sky - - - 71 
 
 Wiien I survey the wondrous cross - 102 
 
 When Jesus left his Fathers throne - - 1 16 
 
 when Jesus to the temple came - • 22 
 
 When little Samuel woke - - - - 183 
 
 When rising from the bed of death - 289 
 
 When sickness, pain, and death - - 273 
 
 ^Vhen the glorious work begun - - 463 
 
 When the infant spirit flying - - - 271 
 
 When the Red(3emer left his throne 107 
 
 When to the house of God we go - 158 
 
 When we children bend the knee - - 323 
 
 Where is the high and lofty One - 386 
 
 Where should I be if God should say - 278 
 
 >Vhere two or three together meet - 476 
 
 339 
 
TABLK or 7IRST LI1VX8. 
 
 HTM? 
 
 Wheie two or three with sweet accord - 444 
 
 VVhile angels praise thy gracious name - 68 
 
 While hfe prolongs its precious light - 17$ 
 Whi lesb^pnerds watched their tloclisbynightSlC 
 
 While tliee I seek, protecting Power - 500 
 
 VVhile wicked boys and girls we meet - 161 
 
 W hile, with ceaseless course, the sun - 329 
 
 Whither, but to thee, Lord - - 240 
 
 Who can describe the joys that rise - 204 
 
 Who would not join the fervent cry- • 405 
 
 Why did Christ "my Lord appear - - 109 
 
 Why have we lips if not to sing - • 223 
 
 Why should a living man complain - 242 
 
 Why should believers, wlien they meet - 417 
 
 Why should cold or stormy weather - 51 
 
 Why should I join with those in play - 252 
 
 Why should I love my sport so well - 295 
 
 Why should I say 'tis yet too soon - - 261 
 
 Why should we spend our youthful days 373 
 
 Why should we start and fear to die - 275 
 
 W^itn humble prayer, may I read - 153 
 
 Within these walls be peace - - - 398 
 
 With grateful delight we survey - - 3S2 
 
 W^itness, ye men and ungels now • - 486 
 
 Ye angels round the throne - - - 516 
 
 Yea, we trust, the day is breaking - » 341 
 
 Young children once to Jesus came • 117 
 
 Foung Samuel, in his infai.t days - - 409 
 
 ^.eal is that pure and heavenly flame 4M 
 
 340 
 
TABLE OF FIRST LINES. 
 (supplement.) 
 
 HTMV 
 
 A poor wayfaring man of grief - - 521 
 
 Come, ihou Almighty King - - - 522 
 
 *' Feed my lambs ! —how condescending 623 
 
 Glory to God on hi^n! - - - - 524 
 
 Go to thy rest, my ci 'Id - - - - 525 
 
 Hark ! the morning bells are ringing - 526 
 
 How pleasant thus to dwell below - - 527 
 
 How beauteous are their feet - - - 528 
 
 Lord, teach us how to pray - « • 529 
 
 My beloved, wilt thou own me - - 530 
 
 My country ! 'tis of thee - - - 53 1 
 
 Now that our journey's just begun - 532 
 Our Father in heaven, we hallow thy name 533 
 
 Zion, afflicted with wave upon wave 534 
 
 Praise to God ! — immortal praise - - 535 
 
 Rejoice, reioice, the promised time is coming 536 
 Rise, daughter of Zion, thy mourning is o'er 537 
 
 Saviour, be thou with us going - - 538 
 
 The mellow eve is gliding - - - - 539 
 
 Thou wakest from nappy sleep, to play 540 
 The Lord is our shepherd, our guardian, 
 
 and guide - - . - - - 541 
 
 The morning sky is bright and clear - 542 
 
 Welcome, welcome, quiet morning - 543 
 
 When our fathers, long a^o - - - 544 
 
 When shall the voice of smging - - 54: 
 
 V^es, my native land, I love tr.ee - - 64i 
 
 341 
 
INDEX OF GENERAL TIHuES 
 
 cueatton and providence • 
 
 Praise - 
 
 Prayer - 
 
 God 
 
 Christ - 
 
 Holy Spirit 
 
 The Lord's Day 
 
 The Bible - 
 
 Worship - 
 
 Inviting 
 
 Penitential 
 
 redempti3n 
 
 Gratitude 
 
 Filial Love 
 
 Religion - - - • 
 
 Comfort in Affliction - 
 
 Sin 
 
 Idleness and Pride 
 Falsehood and Profane j^ess 
 Time Uncertain 
 342 
 
 1-1^ 
 
 i5— 22 
 
 33—66 
 
 67—85 
 
 86—118 
 
 119—122 
 
 123—143 
 
 144—154 
 
 156—172 
 
 173—188 
 
 189—202 
 
 203—222 
 
 223—924 
 
 225—227 
 
 228—234 
 
 235—244 
 
 245—249 
 
 25fl 
 
 251—257 
 
 258— 26fi 
 
INDEX OP OENERAI. TITIE8. 
 
 Sickness - - - - 2tj6 — 269 
 
 Death - 270 — 28£ 
 
 Judgment 289 — 293 
 
 Heaven and Hell - - - 293 — SOii 
 
 Morning 304 — 31 J 
 
 Evening 312 — 320 
 
 Opening School - - • 321 — 325 
 
 Closing School - - - 326 — 328 
 
 The Year - - - 329—332 
 
 Missionary - ... 333 — 348 
 
 Anniversary Occasions - - 349 — 363 
 
 Various Occasions and Subjects 363 — 412 
 Sablath-School Monthly Concert 413 — 479 
 
 Christian Life and Experience 480 — 607 
 
 Dismission and Doxologiii - />08 — 62(1 
 
 '^'r^FLEMKNT - 
 
 59l--t4t 
 
 43 
 
INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 
 
 Iffiictioriy Christ a friend in, 237 
 
 God's pity in, 239. 
 
 submission in, 242. 
 
 ingels, 390, 393. 
 Arky the spiritual, 206. 
 Bartimeusj 203. 
 Bible, The, 144. 
 
 instruction ^rom, 146, 149, 1 50 
 
 gives peace, 146. 
 
 a treasure, 147, 154. 
 
 prayer in reading, 148, 15;>. 
 
 guide of young, 151. 
 
 seed, 152. 
 
 examples, 402. 
 
 Pirih-day, 363. 
 Blessings of life, 224. 
 
 — of the godly, 374. 
 
 Blind, the spiritual, 203. 
 
 Vhrist, praise to, 21, 22, 23, 27, 30, 92,212 235 
 217. 
 
 prayer to, 86, 160, 233, 430. 
 
 a refuse, '^Q. 
 
 a shepherd, 89, 115, 118, 164. 
 
 a teacher, 90, 468. 
 
 a friend, 100, 237. 
 
 a king, 106, 220. 
 
 Lord of all, 180, 419. 
 
 rock of ages, 495. 
 
 source of blessings, 359. 
 
 the way, 95. 
 
 the great pnysician, 431, 481, 
 
 his compassion, 87. 
 
 his poverty, 93. 
 
 his love, 110, S"H. 417, 467. 
 
 his love to the young, 107, 108 11* 
 
 his humility, 1 16. 
 
 344 
 
INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 
 
 ^tirut, his mercy, 182. 
 
 his sufferings, 198. 
 
 his bJood, 213. 
 
 his condescension, 377. 
 
 his birth, 109, 111, 113, 210 35G. Ua 
 
 401. 
 
 his cross, 98. 
 
 his work finished, 214, 219. 
 
 his ascension, 221. 
 
 his intercession, 464. 
 
 his gifts, 105, 1 14. 
 
 — his coming, 412. 
 
 his invitation, 186. 
 
 died for sinners, 88, 208. 
 
 his example, 99, 112. 366, 408, 439. 
 
 in the garden, 91. 
 
 not ashamed of, 98 
 
 j^ielding to, 97. 
 
 lives to bless, 101. 
 
 all given up for, 104. 
 
 — knocking at the heart, 181. 
 
 his presence desiied, 426, 462. 
 
 " th}^ kingdom come," 337. 
 
 Christian fellov^^ship, 444, 448, 450. 
 
 resolution, 486. 
 
 warfare, 496. 
 
 zeal, 493. 
 
 Child, for a sick, 267. 
 
 dying, 284. 
 
 recovering, 268. 
 
 death of, 270, 273, 283. 
 
 wicked, judged, 291. 
 
 Children, God their friend, 68. 
 
 "suffer to come," 94, 117, 171. 
 
 Christ a pattern to, 99. 
 
 their praise acceptable, 22, 23, 103 
 
 Christ loves, 107, 108. 
 
 should seek God, 173. 
 
 giving their hearts to God, 187. 
 
 ixius not sin, 245. 
 
 345 
 
Children should W e / r h other, 384, 387 
 the bo\.^ rf t' e church, 467. 
 in heaven, 299, 301. 
 ?.hurch, lovp to, 162. 
 
 ane family, 169. 
 its li^lit, 471. 
 Vm^^paynj, evil 252, 253. 
 
 Cvncwt, Monthly, 413, 479, 4n, 420, 42], 4S4 
 426, 438, 440, 453, 456. 
 private, 461. 
 Conscience, 385. 
 Irec/fion, the object of our, 223, 
 lVv©A' of Christ, 98, 102. 
 
 take up thy, 418, 451, 
 soldiers of, 454. 
 
 Death, 265, 270, 277, 278, 286, 287. 
 
 of the righteous, 272. 
 
 ofa child, 273, 274,283. 
 
 of a mother, 280. 
 
 of a teacher, 478. 
 
 ofa scholar, 274, 285. 
 
 the night of, 313. 
 
 fear of, taken away, 275, 276, > 
 
 sleeping in Jesus, 288. 
 
 welcome to. 503. 
 Ddoy, danger of, 177, 2^1, 264. 
 Decimm, the, 189. 
 Dismission, 5097—512. 
 
 Eternity, 282, 302. 
 Evening praise, 315. 
 
 prayer, 312, 316, 318, 
 
 worship, 314, 320. 
 
 Faittv, 431, 442, 444, 498, 600, 
 
 God his greatness, H, ''4, 77 
 his goodness, 1, s, 83. 
 his providence, 6, 71* 
 his love. 79, 85. 
 346 
 
IirPEX 0¥ SUBJBCT9. 
 
 God, his condescension, S4, 386. 
 
 his works, 2, 3. 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13 3f«2 
 
 his house, 51, 142, 167. 
 
 knows every thing, 72, 76, 82. 
 
 sees all, 73, 76. 
 
 seen in every tiling, 372. 
 
 eternal, 81. 
 
 present, 69. 
 
 li^ht and love, 67. 
 
 children's friend, 68. 
 
 a refuge, ^38. 
 
 our portion, 482. 
 
 confidence in, 500. 
 
 duty to, 70. 
 
 our father, 78, 235. 
 
 our protector, 317. 
 
 thoughts of, 387. 
 
 communion with, 411, 489, 497 
 
 his call to sinners, 175. 
 
 the Father, Son, and Spirit, 222 
 Grffcc, 211,492. 
 Gospel trumpet, 209. 
 
 spread of, 340. 
 Grave, the, 281. 
 
 Harvest hymn, 367. 
 Heart, the hard, 194. 
 
 give me thy, 187. 
 Heathen have no Sabhath, 133 
 
 no Bible, 154, 333. 
 
 perishing, 334. 
 
 call from, 335, 504. 
 
 promise respecting, 336 
 
 prospects of, 347. 
 Heaven, 293, 298, 300. 
 
 and hell, 294 
 
 hope of, 296, '297. 
 
 children in, 301, 404. 
 
 desirable, 469. 
 
 redeemsa in, 502 
 
 * 34" 
 
IWDEX OF SUBJECTS. 
 
 Heaven, prospect of, 506. 
 Holy Spirit . See Spirit 
 Husanna^ of the children, 22, 23, 1C3, 406. 
 
 [(UenesSy danger of, 403. 
 
 [dols, 232, 480. 
 
 fw/a?i/hymns, 14. 2 1,5(9,241, 387, 389, 391, 39». 
 
 prayers, 36, 45, 46, 49, 56, 59, 6U. 392. 
 
 orphans, 380. 
 
 school, 393. 
 [ngratiude, 199. 
 Jerusalem, the new, 303. 
 hn/ over converted sinner, 204. 
 Judgment, 289, 292. 
 Inly, 4th cf, 349. 
 
 Life, the only time of repentance, 178. 
 
 See Time, 
 Lord'S'day, 123, 132, 133, 134, 138, 139. 
 
 morning, 124, 126, 371. 
 
 evening, 128, 129, 501. 
 
 love of, 125. 
 
 praise for, 25. 
 
 duties of, 140, 141 
 
 employments, 135. 
 
 welcome to, 143. 
 
 prayer for blessing on, 1 30 
 lm)e, brotherly, 384, 387. 
 
 Christian, 416. 
 Ujmg, hateful to God, 251, 254, 256, 257. 
 
 Mariners' hymn, 400. 
 Mercy, pleading for, 201, 388. 
 
 seat 443. 
 Missionary^ 106, 333, 348. 
 Mucking, sm of, 255. 
 Moriiing praise, 304, 307, 309, 310. 3U 
 
 praver, 305, 306. 
 Mother^ my, 225. 
 
 death of a, 280. 
 
 a heathen, 333. 
 
 318 
 
INDEX OF SUBJECTS 
 
 Orphan, God tne father of, 235, 240. 
 prayer, 370. 
 the infant, 3S0. 
 Parents, gratitude to, 226 
 
 duty to, 227. 
 Pea^t a^id love, prayer for, 166 
 Phc/sician, the great, 431, 481. 
 Fif^rim, the Christian, 375. 
 loor, the, like Christ, 236. 
 r raise, 16, 17, 18, 19, 24, 31, 92. 
 
 to the Saviour, 21,22, 23, 25, Ti , 50 03, 
 423. 
 , for the Sabbath, 25. 
 
 for the Bible, 149. 
 
 universal, 32, 422. 
 Prff?yer,28, 33, 205, 429. 
 
 sincere, 34, 80, 366. 
 
 benefits of, 433. 
 
 encouragement to, 39. 
 
 exhortation to, 435. 
 
 morning and evening, 64, 65, 305, 306 
 
 in solitude, 316. 
 
 constant, 432. 
 
 for the Spirit, 35, 36, 48, 119, 120, 12! 
 122, 167,436. 
 
 for a new heart, 38, 44. 
 
 foryouth, 40, 41,47. 
 
 for guidance, 52, 57, 60, 63. ' 
 
 for grace, 54, 55, 66. 
 
 for humility, 61. 
 
 for God's presence, 428. 
 
 for mercy, 62. 
 
 for peace and love, 166. 
 
 for presence of Christ in death. 286 
 
 for deliverance from sin, 249. 
 
 for missionaries, 338. 
 
 for Sabbath scholars, 66, 427, 456. 
 
 for the Sabbath, 123, 130. 
 
 <br the heathen, 336, 339, 342, 343, 344 
 
 in reading the Bible, 148, 153. 
 
 349 
 
VDEX OF SUBJECTS. 
 
 Prai/er^ in worsnip, i57, 159, 170. 
 
 to bit'ss the word, 163 
 
 in affliction, 244. 
 
 cnildren's, 43, 53, 318, 477. 
 
 the Lord^s, 37 368. 
 Pride, folly of, 250. 
 Punctuality, 137. 
 
 Redemption, praise for, 222. 
 Religion, value of, 228, 353. 
 
 the great concern, 229. 
 
 prayer for, 505. 
 Repentance, 176, 190, 191, 195, 196, S^i. 
 Responsibiiity, 472. 
 Rigtiteous, well with the, 396. 
 Rule, the golden, 378. 
 
 SabhatJi, the everlasting, 127. 
 
 the heavenly, 131, 132. 
 See Lord's Day. 
 Sabbnih-sc/i^jol, 25, 125! 137, 37b. 
 
 prayer for blessing. 1 65 
 
 going to, 308. 
 
 opening, 321, 326. • 
 
 closing, 326, 828, 393. 
 
 new, 382, 407. 
 
 celebrations, 350, 362, 
 
 meetings, 48. 
 
 montlily concert, 41^ 
 
 preferred, 379. 
 
 mariners', 400. 
 Salvation, 218. 
 Sumaiia, the woman of, 434. 
 Samuel, 183, 383, 409. 
 SanctiUcation, prayer for, 120. 
 Saturday ni^hl, 319. 
 Scholar, Sabbath, parting with, 381. 
 Seed, the Bible like, 152, 163 
 
 sowing the, 165. 
 decking attor God> 193 243. 
 35(? 
 
iV aT ^ . StlflJEOTB 
 
 i> ickness, hope ir, '^ jG. 
 chW .-.', ^61. 
 teacb'^r's, 269. 
 Si7i, a ourden. 20i. 
 deceitful, 246. 
 resisted, 247. 
 of a year, 331. 
 Sinfiersy call to, 174, 178, 179, 182, 186 
 appeal to, 175. 
 resolution of, 176. 
 duty to strive, 1 84." 
 Snul, the, 207. 
 
 Spint, Holy, prayer for, 35, 36, 48, 119, 12(, 
 121, 122. 
 to bless the truth, 167. 
 grieving, 174. 
 oesought to return, 192. 
 
 Tares and wheat, 499. 
 Teachers sickness of, 269. 
 
 death, 478, 507. 
 
 reward, 271. 
 
 hvmns, 355, 424. 
 
 object, 445. 
 
 dependence, 453, 460. 
 
 prayer, 459, 466, 473. 
 
 social prayer meeting, 470. 
 
 pleasures, 475. 
 
 farewell to, 479, 
 
 Christ, the great, 468 
 
 thanks for mercies, 6, 6. 20 26, tf 
 IHane short, 258, 260, 263. 
 rapid, 329, 330. 
 end of, 361. 
 waste of, 403. 
 importance of, 490. 
 To-day, 262. 
 To-morrow, 259. 
 Trunipet, the gospel, 209. 
 
 351 
 
lli^DET OF SUBJECTS 
 
 Uncertainty, 483. 
 Union, 421, 447. 
 Unity of Christians, 169, 446, 449. 
 
 Vain boasting reproved, 487. 
 
 WalUns: with God, 200. 
 
 W atch and pray, 455. 
 
 ^ ay, the broad and narrow, 184. 248, 
 
 Pi C6/C, end of, 136. 
 
 H h/'af and tares, 499. 
 
 H isdorn, true, 185, 230, 234, 373. 
 
 Worship, deli-htful, 155, 168. 
 
 indifference in, 156. 
 
 conduct during, 157, 158. 
 
 prayer for blessing in, 159, 161 
 
 prayer to worship aright, 170. 
 
 opening a place of, 165. 
 
 social, 477. 
 
 Year, preservation through, 332. 
 end of, 329. 
 flying, 331. 
 Voung, Bible the guide of, 151. 
 responsihOities of, 172. 
 should seek God, 173 4i6. 
 early piety of, 188, 230, 231. 
 
 Zeal, 484. 
 
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 An instructive narrative for ,h ose who 
 are always shirking and sll]»pir^ ont of 
 work, depending upon any one Mir Tavery 
 one to take care of them, insteft,«i of 'doing 
 uny thing towards their own Uving. 
 
 , tffssica's First Frayer ?5